Smithsonian Magazine: November 2006
Features
New Faces of 1946
An unpopular president. A war-weary people. In the midterm elections of 60 years ago, voters took aim at incumbents
By William E. Leuchtenburg
Marie Antoinette
The teenage queen, now the subject of a new movie, was embraced by France in 1770. Twenty-three years later, she lost her head to the guillotine. (But she never said, "Let them eat cake")
By Richard Covington
The Smart and Swinging Bonobo
Civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has threatened the existence of wild bonobos, while new research on the hypersexual primates challenges their peace-loving reputation
By Paul Raffaele
Speaking Bonobo
Bonobos have an impressive vocabulary, especially when it comes to snacks
By Paul Raffaele
Song and Dance Man
Growing up in a gritty urban neighborhood, Erich Jarvis dreamed of becoming a ballet star. Now the scientist's studies of how birds learn to sing are forging a new understanding of the human brain
By Jerry Adler
Chile's Driving Force
Once imprisoned by Pinochet, the new Socialist president Michelle Bachelet wants to spread the wealth initiated by the dictator's wrenching economic policies
By Jonathan Kandell
Pilgrims' Progress
We retrace the travels (and travails) of the ragtag group that founded Plymouth Colony, gave us Thanksgiving and laid the foundation for democracy in the New World
By Simon Worrall
Departments
Points of Interest
R.I.P., Mighty O
A fabled aircraft carrier sunk deliberately off the coast of Florida is the world's largest artificial reef
By Geoffrey Norman
My Kind of Town
Watching Water Run
Uncomfortable in a world of privilege, a novelist headed for the hills
By Ellen Gilchrist
Presence of Mind
Sharp Pencils Shape Elections
How three pioneering reporters reshaped the way the press covers elections-and politics itself
By Jonathan Yardley
From the Secretary
Ways of Seeing
Inviting artists to help showcase its collections is just one way the Hirshhorn Museum is expanding its vision
By Lawrence M. Small
The Object at Hand
Sky Writer
Anne Morrow Lindbergh chronicled the flights made with her celebrated husband
By Owen Edwards
Around the Mall
Q&A: Lucy Lawless
Lucy Lawless, star of Xena: Warrior Princess, which aired from 1995 to 2001, has given her signature costume to the Museum of American History
By Katy June-Friesen
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
Killer whales, trap-jaw ants and dinosaurs
By Smithsonian magazine
Interview
Interview: David Galenson
Pondering the nature of artistic genius, a social scientist finds that creativity has a bottom line
By Helen Starkweather
Interview
Interview: David Galenson
Pondering the nature of artistic genius, a social scientist finds that creativity has a bottom line
By Helen Starkweather
The Last Page
Last Page: Strings Attached
"You want the greatest guitar ever?" Dad asked
By Patrick Dacey
