In Essence

“The Security Costs of Energy Independence” by Gregory D. Miller, in The Washington Quarterly, April 2010.

“Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Close the Achievement Gap? Evidence From a Social Experiment in Harlem” by Will Dobbie and Roland G. Fryer Jr., in The NBER Digest, March 2010.

“The Outpatient Prison” by Mark A. R. Kleiman, in The American Interest, March–April 2010.

“Citizens’ Local Political Knowledge and the Role of Media Access” by Lee Shaker, in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Winter 2009.

“The Prophet Motive” by John Lamont, in First Things, April 2010.

“Rush Hour for the Gods” by William Dalrymple, in The National Interest, May–June 2010.

“Breeding Cassava” by Nagib Nassar and Rodomiro Ortiz, in Scientific American, May 2010.

“Open Sesame” by the editors of Nature and “U.S. Seeks to Make Science Free for All” by Declan Butler, in Nature, April 9, 2010.

“The Art Is Alive” by Emily Voigt, in Isotope, Fall–Winter 2009.

“Loving Strokes” by James Fenton, in Times Literary Supplement, April 9, 2010.

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