Three Kiwis? No, dear reader, this isn't Auckland today. (editor's inkwell).

You can't have too many stories about new zealand, I always say. At least I've said it a lot since I realized that three stories in this issue have ties to the island nation. Take "Going to Extremes" (p. 90), which documents the extraordinary efforts of scientists trying to save the kakapo, an extremely endangered flightless parrot in New Zealand. Then we have two stories about native sons of New Zealand's North Island (pop. 2.8 million). They are "Clutch Shot Clinches Fall Classic" (p. 25), about George Silk's exuberant photograph of the 1960 World Series, and "Politically Correct" (p. 96), about artist Peter Waddell's carefully researched--and charming--paintings of the U.S. …