September/October 2005 Editor's Note NEH's Fortieth Anniversary Fearless and Free Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the National Endowment for the Humanities. By Bruce Cole The Digital Humanities Reading in the Age of Google Contemplating the future with books that talk to one another. By Gregory Crane Democratizing Knowledge Online research provides new rigor in the scholarly process. By Martha Nell Smith Here's Looking at Casablanca The study of film becomes easier with the help of a new digital tool. By Janet H. Murray On Language Words. Words. Words. A new edition of Samuel Johnson's landmark dictionary illuminates his methods. By Victor Wishna Speaking Across Generations Linguists race against time to recapture the complicated Cherokee language. By Laura Harbold Mesoamerica Online Preserving Maya languages can help decipher the past. By Anne Fredrickson Keeping Connected State humanities councils take to the airwaves to tell their stories. By Laura Wolff Scanlan First Peoples Strangers in a Strange Land A Virginia lieutenant takes Cherokee chiefs to meet King George III. By Laura Harbold Exploring an Inhabited Country A new perspective on the journey of Lewis and Clark through the people they encountered. By David Taylor Lords of Creation An exhibition sheds light on the roots of Maya kingship. By Janis Johnson A Painter's View Inventing the Landscape Gainsborough abandons portraiture to portray the idyllic in English country life. By Laura Wolff Scanlan In Focus Humanities in the Nation's Capital. By James Kaiser