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Taming the bear
Suzy Hansen
Strobe Talbott says Clinton deserves much credit for Russia's warming to the West -- and recalls a drunken Yeltsin calling for pizza in his underpants.
How long can Sharon avoid the tough issues?
Aluf Benn
The old warrior won't engage in real negotiations with the Palestinians because he thinks time is on Israel's side.
Soccer may be the world’s sport, but it will never be America’s
Allen Barra
Every four years soccer officials assure us that if the U.S. men's team makes a run for the World Cup, their sport will finally break through in America. Dream on.
A little bit at war
Suzy Hansen
Wall Street Journal's Max Boot says that, contrary to the Powell doctrine, America can and should fight small wars, build nations and do without an exit strategy.
Creaky foundation
Brendan Nyhan
A journalism dean credits the Heritage Foundation for being what it's frequently not: Rigorous, evenhanded and scholarly.
The Gumball 3000 rally: Yet another reason to hate the rich
Cintra Wilson
Depraved rock stars and party-hearty Playmates in overpowered Toadmobiles are our betters, and as they careen across America we must bow before their power.
Gore Vidal
Gary Kamiya
Congress should investigate how much the Bush "oil junta" knew in advance about Sept. 11. This and other bombshells from American literature's leading provocateur.
“Enigma”
Charles Taylor
Kate Winslet enlivens a clunky, honorable yarn about the tea-guzzling English eccentrics who broke the Nazi codes.
Going tribal
Samuel G. Freedman
After the Passover massacre, American Jews have rejected their proud tradition of universalism and embraced its opposite: tribalism.
Seek, and ye shall find
Sheerly Avni
Passover is the Jewish day of remembrance. I forgot. But I rebounded with a sober yoga vegan Seder.
When in doubt, nuke ’em
Robert Scheer
The Pentagon's secret plan to fight terror with nuclear weapons shows just how dangerous this administration is.
Fidel, Monica and me
Nina Khrushcheva
Khrushchev's great-granddaughter on her dreams of marrying Cuba's mysterious leader -- and the lessons that Monica Lewinsky offers our so-called democracy.
George W.’s book club
Arianna Huffington
How can George Bush really help America? By being more like Oprah.
“Homo Zapiens” by Victor Pelevin
Suzy Hansen
A cynical Russian copywriter channels advertising advice from the ghost of Che Guevara in this savage satire of the post-Soviet corporate underworld.
Sleeping with the enemy
Flore de Preneuf
Two men -- an Israeli Jew and a Palestinian Muslim -- risk harassment, jail and death for their love.
NBC shows its true colors
King Kaufman
You mustn't miss a minute of the Olympics, the network says, unless we can save a few bucks by you missing a whole day. Plus: Ohno, hockey and more.
Make Olympic skating judges accountable
Kerry Lauerman
Awarding the Canadians the gold was a half-measure, but as long as figure skating is controlled by a bitchy sewing circle it won't be a real sport.
Mail-order bride
David Thomson
In "Birthday Girl," Nicole Kidman is confidently sexy playing a Russian femme fatale with trashy clothes, exposed midriff and a lanky insouciance.
The puck starts here
King Kaufman
As Jamie and David take over the world, the hockey spotlight turns from the dominant U.S. women to the "Dream Team" men's tournament.
I’m so outraged I could twirl!
Allen Barra
Something really ugly went down on the Olympic rink, and it wasn't just a Canadian skating costume.
Message in a pink vibrator
Stephen Reid
In prison, on an island, the beach is a source of treasure, faint hope and news from the outside.
Bush, oil and the Taliban
Nina Burleigh
Two French authors allege that before Sept. 11, the White House put oil interests ahead of national security.
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