
February 2005 Issue
The Iraqi Elections
Jim Throckmorton '06As American and local officials work out the details of transferring power to the newly elected Iraqi government, many on both sides of the ocean will think that the young democracy in Iraq was a “gift from America.” This metaphor is absurd.
October 2004 Issue
We Are What's Wrong With the World
Jim Throckmorton '06Every so often, a question takes on a life of its own long after the conversation is lost in memory. "Is the Dartmouth social environment healthy?" has played around in my head for nearly a year, far outliving the conversation (great though it was) with Dean Richard Crocker, the College Chaplain. Unfortunately, this is a question that I could only answer by asking another - "Just what does a healthy society look like?"...


