editor recommends - 05.Nov.2005

Reality and Fantacy around Hurricane Katrina ! Diod the blacks do all the looting and raping in New Orleans ? Or was the media guilty of reporting popular myth as fact ? find out at :

http://www.inthesetimes.com


There is no dearth of characters or drama in American politics. Then why can't they write political fiction ? Christopher Lehmann's provocative essay at :

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com

" A crack in the edge of the world" by Simon Winchester. Viking. This time, the writer zeroes in on the earthquake that shook San Francisco on April 18, 1906, causing fired that destroyed large parts of these city. The book is rich with stories and insights into the social history of the time ; such as the fact that the inhabitants of San Francisco's Chinatown were treated to so shabbily. Katrina, does that sound similar ? Or that the date of the event coincided with the growth of photopraphy, so it was the first natural disaster to be widely rocorded. An eminently readable book.