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Like many of the other horrible and bloody marks that dot our country’s history, we have pushed our dropping of the atomic bomb largely out of sight and out of mind. Were it not for my copy of Richard Rhodes’ book “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” sitting on my desk, I would have fallen into the same trap...
...hundred forty-seven Native American casinos dot tribal lands in 22 states; 84 riverboat or dockside casinos ply the waters or sit at berth in six states. And with local governments struggling to close budget gaps, slots and lotteries are booming. All told, 48 states have some form of legalized gambling--and none of that includes the wild frontier of the Internet. By 1996 the annual take for the U.S. gambling industry was over $47 billion, more than that from movies, music, cruise ships, spectator sports and live entertainment combined. In 2003 the figure jumped to over $72 billion...
You’ve probably never heard of Barrie. The capital of Southern Ontario’s cottage country has a population of 125,000 and is largely undistinguished among the hundreds of other communities of its size that dot the landscape just north of the 49th parallel. Except that tomorrow, Barrie will host Canada’s Live 8 concert, featuring performances by Bryan Adams, Céline Dion, Gordon Lightfoot, the Barenaked Ladies, and the Tragically Hip, among others...
...bricks-and-mortar terms, the neighborhood is a far sight better off than it was when the cries of "Burn, baby, burn!" died down. Several hundred units of government-subsidized housing dot the neighborhood, replacing some of the vacant lots left after the rioting. The intersection of 103rd Street and Compton Avenue, ground zero in 1965, could be Anywhere U.S.A. The sprawling Watts Health Center dominates one corner and a new post office the other. Across the street is a shopping center with a supermarket, a savings and loan office and several apparel shops. There is no graffiti and little...
...snapshot, the woman presents herself to the world as a picture of flash and gaiety: thin, arched eyebrows penciled in high above blue-shadowed eye lids, metallic blue fingernails, hair swept up in waves and clasped on one side by a polka-dot barrette. She is 23 years old. On her lap she holds her first child. He is two months old and wears an infant baseball uniform that says "All Pro." The mother's expression is both proud and sad, full of tenderness for this child and yet uncertain of him, or of herself; she has not played this...