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21 a Radical Fix for the Republic 24 the Case for Compromise 28 Forum: Voter Suppression Returns 32 Owl, Pussycat 36 Vita: Willi JULY-AUGUST 2012 VOLUME 114, NUMBER 6 FEATURES ARRISON A Radical Fix for the Republic H 21 JIM JIM Law professor Lawrence Lessig advocates a constitutional overhaul page 38 to rescue American democracy by Jonathan Shaw DEPARTMENTS 2 Cambridge 02138 Communications from our readers 24 The Case for Compromise When continuous campaigning spills over into 9 Right Now Extractive elites and nations’ failure, gridlocked government, the public’s interest suffers cooking up new library ideas, babies vs. by Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson marriage 13 Montage Reggae—and racing—in film, tobacco’s 28 Forum: Voter Suppression terrible toll, morals and markets, Returns landscapes in sound, crafting video games, Partisan practices and the American franchise and more by Alexander Keyssar 20A New England Regional Section Summer events, the rewards of downsizing, 32 Owl, Pussycat and a tapas triumph Edward Lear’s lesser-known animal works, shown page 32 EGE for his bicentennial, exhibit his superb artistry ll 58 The Alumni A start-up aims sports programming at by Christopher Reed ARVARD CO kids, senior Crimson citizens, Harvard H Medalists, Overseer and Alumni OWS OF Vita: William Francis Gibbs ll Association elections, Graduate School 36 honorands, and more Brief life of America’s greatest naval architect: 1886-1967 by Steven Ujifusa 64 The College Pump Palindrome champ, murderous architects, and 38 John Harvard’s Journal NIERSITY, ©PRESIDENT AND FE the soft(er) side of Leon The 361st Commencement, in Harvard’s 375th anniver- U Kirchner ARVARD sary year, affords moments of reflection and projection. 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