Features
Lessons of War
Six Stanford professors—White House advisers, Cabinet members and congressional go-to experts—share their insights on terrorism, diplomacy and the role of scholarship in policymaking. What keeps us from stopping wars?
Sleuth or Dare
Former private eye Joe Gores took his knowledge of scams and scumbags and put it to work writing crime fiction. Now his prequel to Dashiell Hammett’s classic The Maltese Falcon sheds light on how the genre’s seminal character, Sam Spade, came to "own" San Francisco.
You, Decoded
Personal DNA scans will only become more accessible and comprehensive. What promise do they hold for health care, and what are the risks?
Departments
Red All Over
Farm Report
Planet Cardinal
Showcase
All the Identities He Can Paint
Persian myth meets Berkeley graffiti in the art of Ala Ebtekar
Rooted in Sand
Journalist Neil MacFarquhar on the unexpected Middle East
Waste Deep in Dramaturgy
T.S., they love you: the drama department’s Waste Land year
Class Notes
Farewells
The Coach
Payton Jordan
The Gatekeeper
Rixford Kinney Snyder
Philanthropy Became Her
Leonore Annenberg
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