Eric B. Fried
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The Road Not Taken
R OCKS ROAD is a quiet residential street running off Route 1, the main road through the small New Hampshire
A Tour of 'Benares on the Charles'
America is a land of invention, with a long tradition of the pioneer spirit of doing-it-yourself. Nowhere is this creative
The Gospel of a Dawning Age?
B Y NOW, the signs that the United States is undergoing a vast social transition have become clear enough that
They Listen
It's 3 a.m. in Boston. Cold, dark, lonely. But some people are awake, unable to sleep, or depressed, or maybe
Tales from Jordan
They sit inconspicuously at the corner of Walker and Shepard Streets, just across from the Quad, two low-slung brick buildings.
Hark! the Herald Cashiers Ring
Christmas. The day He was born. Santa Claus. Peace on Earth, goodwill toward people, spend money. Want to drown out
Peking's Biggest Test
Two young members of China's Red Guards sit in a self-consciously pretentious coffeehouse in Peking. Between sips of espresso, down
What's Left in 1980
T HE POLITICAL LEFT has been in steady retreat for almost a decade now. Ever since Nixon took his massacre
Naming the Hand That Feeds
S OMETIME LAST YEAR Derek Bok decided to take the offensive. After all, why should those noisy radicals from the
A Mushrooming Movement
T OMORROW THE U.S. anti-nuclear movement takes its case to Washington D.C. A huge demonstration and a public trial of