Cover: Thesaurus Lex
The king of word books bites off a challenge and beats extinction.

News: Free Speech Obit.
First Amendment warrior Mario Savio dies.

Mad as Hell: SSU students protest a proposed $150 per semester tuition increase.

Talking Pictures: Short-fiction master Tobias Wolff roots for the underdog in 'Palookaville.'

Shout It Out: The gospel according to Clarence Fountain.

Food & Babies: Cultural ecologist Richard Heinberg predicts we need more and less to survive.

Holiday Ham: 'Inspecting Carol' full of salt with just a bit of fat.