GEORGE S. ROBINSON | EDITORIAL |
DOLPH L. HATFIELD | ASSESSING
RACIAL SENSITIVITES When ethnic groups object to the use of certain words or stereotypes and those who perpetrate these acts counter the objections by saying that their intentions are not racially motivated, who is right? |
EDMUND A BOWLES | THE
IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Innovations in unrelated fields have found applications in everything from kettledrums and trumpets to pianos. |
JULIUS KAPLAN | A
SHORT HISTORY OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH GLASS Art, culture, popular libations, politics, and even treason are all to be found depicted on English glassware. |
WALTER BOYNE |
FLYING
OUT OF THE COLD WAR |
MICHAEL MARKELS, JR. | EFFECTS
OF CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Mankind has the basic tools to solve problems that seem to defy solution. |
LEE LOEVINGER | THE
DISTINCTIVE FUNCTIONS OF SCIENCE AND LAW Both shape our modern society, but in very different ways. |
NTINOS C. MYRIANTHOPOULOS | THE
PHILOSOPHIC ORIGINS OF SCIENCE Two cultures have evolved along different paths, but converge every once in a while. |
EDWARD J. BURGER, JR. | HEALTH
AND MEDICINE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The current bleak scenario raises both foreign policy and humanitarian concerns. |
JAMES A. ROBINSON | "WHAT
DO YOU THINK ABOUT TAIWAN'S DEMOCRACY?" After more than ten years and as many elections, a Taiwan voter's question is answered. |
FREDERICK J.O. BLACHLY | GHOST
STORIES From the very beginning, American politics has been shaped by the quiet pens of ghostwriters. |
BILL GARRETT | A
GOLDEN EYE FOR A GOLDEN ERA An interview with photographer Fred J. Maroon. |
DABNEY G. HART | WOMEN
OF MYSTERY A good mystery offers more than just clues. |
FRANCIS J. SYPHER | THE
OCCULTATION OF LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Admired in her time, this author fell quickly from view, but her genius is now being rediscovered. |
WILTON S. DILLON | MORE
THAN CIVILITY Preventing daily hurt is one way to promote a civil society. |
JACOB A. STEIN | CIVILITY
AS AN ART FORM IN DIPLOMACY AND THE LAW Looking for links among Winston Churchill, Lord Chesterfield, Benjamin Franklin, and the modern lawyer. |
WILMA DYKEMAN | RECOVERING
A SENSE OF PLACE Our wanderings, both far and near, define us. |
DOUGLAS REID WEIMER | A
LOOK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD From the Cosmos Club's refurbished Hillyer House, a picture of this vibrant, historic, area emerges. |
FREDERICK C. DYER | IN
QUEST OF A COSMOS CLUB READERSHIP FOUNDATION Here is a suggestion from one whimsically serious bibliophile. |
The Cosmos Club is a private social club founded in Washington, D.C., in 1878.
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EDITOR EDITORIAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE |
JOURNAL
ADVISORY BOARD Robert
E. Cleary EDITORIAL
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1999 by the Cosmos Club. COSMOS
Journal is published annually by the Cosmos Club The Journal's contents cover a broad spectrum of emerging issues relating to the sciences, technology, health, law, history, current affairs, arts, and humanities written by members of the Cosmos Club, expressing solely their views. |