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The Czar of Transfat

Why Big Brother wants to save you from your own gluttony.

Railroad Artist

Using tile, she connects travelers with America’s past.

Green Graveyards

She wants her body to keep the land going.

You report that Lee Silver, in rebutting Francis Fukuyama’s argument that every evil that bioengineering might be able to eliminate has its good, picked bipolar disorder as a counterexample (“Playing God,” Elms, November/December).

Swearer’s Wisdom

Reading the “finally” article on Howard Swearer in the November/December issue reminded me of his closing remarks at the June 1990 weeklong seminar at Brown on the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Charcoal Peanuts

What a treat to read “The Panicked Person’s Holiday Gift Guide” (November/December). As I usually have most of my Christmas shopping done early, I found the guide more a catalog of adventures than of gifts. So many different alumni, from all eras, have pursued their own passions—to fantastic effect.

American Tastes

“The Diva of Cool” (November/December) certainly validates H. L. Mencken’s observation: “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.”

More Randy

Thank you for the article on Randy Pausch, as well as for all the other informative and inspirational articles you’ve published over the years. The morning after reading that piece, I watched Randy’s entire lecture online, then ordered two DVDs of it, one to give to the high school where I taught until retiring two years ago.