Gimme a visky, ginger ale on the side, an' don' be stingy, babee. [Greta Garbo's first words in a talking movie, Anna Christie, 1930.]

March 19, 2006
In This Issue

 Anna
Christie

About the Cover Pic
Greta Garbo's first sound movie, Anna Christie, had its premier in 1930.
Featured Essay
The New World Order looks like it's on shaky ground.
Featured Graphic
The cover of Kurt Tucholsky's first book, Rheinsberg: A Picture Book For Lovers published in 1912.
Political Cartoon
An early view of the military industrial complex and how it gets its money.
Worth Reading
On the threshhold of the greatest catastrophe in world history, one opponent of war and fascism writes to another.