On the Road has been described as the defining novel of the so-called Beat Generation, a disparate group of poets, artists, filmmakers and musicians who shared certain broad philosophical affinities. By far the most popular of Kerouac’s works, it strikingly portrays a mysterious, semi-nomadic subculture dramatically at variance with the conformist and materialistic American culture of the 1950s.

In late 2002, Jim Irsay offered to exhibit the Scroll across the United States. The official tour of the Kerouac Scroll began in Orlando in January of 2004 and is scheduled to conclude at the end of 2009. In addition to Orlando, it has been exhibited at Emory University in Atlanta; Marquette University in Milwaukee; University of Iowa Museum of Art; Las Vegas Public Library; Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, San Francisco Public Library, Denver Public Library and the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It has also been exhibited in Rome, Italy at the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo.

The Future of North American Integration in the Wake of the Terrorist Attacks

http://www.cfr.org/publication/4280/future_of_north_american_integration_in_the_wake_of_the_terrorist_attacks.html

The Atlanta Roundtable held its second session on October 17, 2001 to discuss the future of North American integration in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Gordon D. Giffin, Vice Chairman of Long, Aldridge & Norman and former U.S. Ambassador to Canada, and Robert A. Pastor, Professor of Political Science at Emory University, led the discussion.

The Atlanta Roundtable addressed the following questions:

What were the prospects of North American integration prior to September 11? What are they now?

What has been U.S. policy toward Canada and Mexico vis á vis trade? How has it changed since September 11? How should it change?

How will security concerns on the Canadian and Mexican borders affect trade policy going forward?

How has the United States’ response to the terrorist attacks (i.e. enforcing a security perimeter with Canada) affected our broader relations?

What are the costs and trade-offs of future U.S. actions to deal with the terrorist threat on our borders?

What can or should Canada and Mexico be doing to support the “war” on terrorism?