INSIDE The Commonwealth VO LU M E 108, N O . 01 | D E C E M B E R 2013/ J A N UA RY 2014
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FEATURES 8 HEIDI BOGHOSIAN
SPYING ON DEMOCRACY
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The author of Spying on Democracy discusses the evolution of America into a surveillance state
10 RICHARD DAWKINS
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DEPARTMENTS 5 EDITOR’S DESK Spies like us: We’re all in the spy business now
6 THE COMMONS Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and Hoover Research Fellow Tammy Frisby on the government shutdown
53 LETTERS 54 INSIGHT
The celebrated and controversial evolutionary biologist talks about his own evolution from a child uninterested in science to one of the best-known public scientists on the planet
12 ANITA RAGHAVAN THE BILLIONAIRE’S APPRENTICE
15 JANET NAPOLITANO
The former secretary of homeland security leaves the national-security hotseat and dives right into the politics and priorities of the University of California as its latest president
48 CHRIS MATTHEWS
The former aide to Democratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill reflects on his boss’ working relationship with Republican President Ronald Reagan, sharing his thoughts on why two old Irish politicians from different ends of the political spectrum were able to work together
The tale of an Indian-American’s trials and tribulations is a tale for our troubled economic times Photo by Ed Ritger
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Dr. Gloria C. Duffy, President and CEO
EVENTS 19 PROGRAM
INFORMATION
20 EIGHT WEEKS CALENDAR Events from December 2 to January 26
22 PROGRAM LISTINGS 25 LANGUAGE CLASSES About Our Cover: From the NSA revelations to the use of drones, Americans are paying greater attention to domestic surveillance issues. Heidi Boghosian gives her views starting on page 8. Original photo by Yago Veith/flickr
“You can say quite savage things about political opponents, about restaurants. ‘This is the most disgusting food I’ve ever eaten in my entire life!’ is the sort of thing that comes [routinely] in restaurant criticism, theater criticism, political criticism, sports criticism. But if you say something quite mildly negative about religion, people are so surprised, because you just don’t do that.” – Richard Dawkins THE COMMO N WE AL TH 3 J U N E/J U LY 2013