How to be hopeful / Barbara Kingsolver The love of learning / David McCullough Go forth unafraid / Molly Ivans The reach / Anna Deavere Smith Listen to your heart / Thomas L. Friedman "Be naked as often as possible": anthropological advice / Genevieve Bell You are not alone / Karen Tse The approach of danger / Ken Burns What the future will bring / Ray Kurzweil The impoverishment of American culture / Dana Gioia Commencement address / Muhammad Yunus With apologies to the Gettysburg Address: May 20, 2007 / Harold Prince Resist! / Wendell Berry Be not afraid / Anna Quindlen High stakes / David Levering Lewis The creepy biological facts of life / Tess Gerritsen The power of four / Tom Hanks