Smithsonian Magazine: June 2002
Features
Mountain of the Lord
Beyond the war zone, Mount Sinai remains a refuge in a landscape of strife
By Robert Wernick
Comet's Tale
A half century ago, the first jet airliner delighted passengers with swift, smooth flights until a fatal structural flaw doomed its glory
By Robert G. Pushkar
Not a Lot of Ocelots
Once thought to have vanished from North America victims of hunting and habitat loss the cats maintain a slender pawhold in the thickets of South Texas
By Adele Conover
Stieglitz in Focus
A new exhibition at Washington's National Gallery of Art tracks the development of seminal photographer Alfred Stieglitz
By Doug Stewart
Yo-Yo Ma's Other Passion
In celebrating the cultures of the ancient Silk Road, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has found a second calling
By Richard Covington
Iceland Be Dammed
In the island nation, a dispute over harnessing rivers for hydroelectric power is generating floods of controversy
By Jon Swan
LBJ Goes for Broke
By Robert A. Caro
Departments
Indelible Images
Luminous Joy in the City of Steel
W. Eugene Smith captured the grit and beauty of industrial Pittsburgh
By Adam Rogers
Points of Interest
Poling on the River
Batteaux were once the lifeblood of Virginia commerce; now locals celebrate those bygone days
By T. Edward Nickens
The Object at Hand
Old House, New Home
For 200 years in Ipswich, it sheltered all manner of Americans; now it informs and delights them
By Coco McCabe
Phenomena & Curiosities
Birdbrain Breakthrough
Startling evidence that the human brain can grow new nerves began with unlikely studies of birdsong
By Edwin Kiester, Jr., and William Kiester
Presence of Mind
Matter of the Heart
Graham Greene's letters to his paramour, Catherine Walston, trace the hazy line between life and fiction
By Bob Cullen
