Articles from the New Yorker
The Archive - 2001

December 17, 2001
A CRITIC AT LARGE
Examined Life
What Stanley H. Kaplan taught us about the SAT

November 26, 2001
ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY
Smaller
The disposable diaper and the meaning of progress.

October 29, 2001
CONTAGIONS
The Scourge You Know

October 1, 2001
ANNALS OF AVIATION
Safety in the Skies
How far can airline safety go?

September 17, 2001
COMMENT
Operation Rescue

September 10, 2001
THE SPORTING SCENE
Drugstore Athlete
To beat the competition,
first you have to beat the drug test.

July 30, 2001
A CRITIC AT LARGE
Java Man
How caffeine created the modern world.

July 30, 2001
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
 Free Lizzie!

July 16, 2001
"SUPER FRIENDS"
The Critics
Sumner Redstone and the
rules of the corporate memoir.

July 2, 2001
ANNALS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
The Mosquito Killer
Millions of people owe their lives to Fred Soper.
Why isn't he a hero?

June 11, 2001
A REPORTER AT LARGE
Wrong Turn
How the fight to make America's
highways safer went off course.

March 5, 2001
ANNALS OF EATING
The Trouble with Fries
Fast food is killing us. Can it be fixed?

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