Volume 111, No. 1
Features
Making Democracy Safer for Governing
Even the best-intentioned politicians can find themselves distracted from the public interest by factors ranging from the continual demands of fundraising, to the expectations of supporters and activists, to an often cynical, “horse-race” obsessed media. But even in the era of the permanent campaign, there are ways to foster an environment more conducive to governing, say the authors of The Spirit of Compromise: Why Governing Demands It and Campaigning Undermines It.
By Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson
Plus: A Q&A with Amy Gutmann
Dispatches from the Front
In a series of interviews and book excerpts, three of Penn’s most prominent political alumni—Ed Rendell C’65 Hon’00, Jon M. Huntsman Jr. C’87 Hon’10, and Arlen Specter C’51—discuss their time as office-seekers and public servants, and offer some hard-earned advice about what needs fixing.
By Samuel Hughes
Toward a More Perfect Union
Whoever wins the White House will confront challenges and opportunities that were lost in the fog of electioneering. Penn scholars address five areas that the campaigns muddled, ignored, or failed to think big about.
Compiled by Trey Popp
Departments
From the Editor
From College Hall
Letters
ESSAYS : First Person
Notes from the Undergrad Those were whose days?
Alumni Voices Walking the walk
Elsewhere Following where Ice Road Truckers lead
Expert Opinion America’s campaign against al Qaeda’s COOs
GAZETTEER : News & Sports
How to get an A in self-awareness
Financial-aid director Bill Schilling C’66 L’69 retires after 40 years
Yali Derman Nu’13 honored by Glamour, grateful kids
Penn Museum, ICA name new directors
Thomas Krane C’13 is headed for the stars—or maybe Wall Street
“Palestra Dan” Harrell CGS’00 has left the building
Susan Francia C’04 G’04 won her second gold medal in London
Football looks to regain its rightful place atop Ivies
ALL THINGS ORNAMENTAL : The Arts
ART Art-history faculty shed new light on Winslow Homer
APPRECIATION Remembering Paul Fussell
BOOKS “Crime of the Century,” solved? Cemetery John
BRIEFLY NOTED
ARTS CALENDAR
ALUMNI : Profiles
Alan Kirschenbaum W’83’s sitcom, Friend Me, is coming to CBS
Susan Bernfield C’86 “can’t imagine not making something new”
Stephen Jaffe C’77 G’78 knows “somebody’s been listening”
Curtis Bashaw WG’90 restored Congress Hall—and Cape May’s fortunes
Events
Notes
Obituaries
