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“Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies” by Ken Kalfus
Laura Miller
In his new collection, the author of the kaleidoscopic "Thirst" focuses on a single setting -- Russia.
Body count
Charles Taylor
In his controversial -- and frightening -- new bestseller, Pat Buchanan argues for a mighty America built upon the corpses of the weak.
Back to the eve of destruction?
Joe Conason
Senate GOP leaders have endangered us all by their foolish rejection of the test-ban treaty.
“The Story of Us”
Stephanie Zacharek
This Bruce Willis-Michelle Pfeiffer breakup story doesn't have one.
The treaty that ended in war
Alicia Montgomery
Experts discuss the Senate's vote against the global nuclear test ban treaty, Clinton's biggest foreign policy failure yet.
A moveable cough
Robert Burton
Dr. Bob explains consumption and reassures a woman who put on the wrong shoes.
Cold plunges and sport singing: Life in a Russian kindergarten
Mary MacVean
A wee New Yorker is sent to Rodnik, a temple of rigidity and complex grammar. And he loves it.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Is it inequity that bothers Goozner, or the
billionaires? Plus: Susie Bright's "self-serving" open relationship; the
elitism of "Sensation" defenses.
Russia on the edge
Jeffrey Tayler
With bombs exploding from Moscow to Chechnya, nerves are tense everywhere. Is it all a power-saving ploy by Yeltsin? Or is the country on the verge of collapse?
Death of a journalist
Eve Pell
Reporter Sander Thoenes was touring a neighborhood in Dili, the capital of East Timor. Then soldiers opened fire.
“Guinevere”
Charles Taylor
Audrey Wells' timid examination of the attraction between older men and younger women yields few surprises.
Capital crusader
David Moberg
The World Bank's Joseph Stiglitz is articulating a new philosophy for global economic reform, and ruffling feathers at the International Monetary Fund.
Pop chart
Janelle Brown
Pamela Anderson? Britney Spears? Who tops the list of celebrity search terms on the new Lycos 50?
Let them eat stock options
Arianna Huffington
The Democrats and Republicans have shamelessly abandoned the poor.
Another U.N. disaster
Ian Williams
United Nations ineptitude has paved the way for the current East Timor crisis.
Misadventures in Marxism
Lawrence Osborne
How can well-meaning American academics continue their romance with Karl Marx? European scholars can only guess.
What children know
Wendy Lesser
The editor of the Threepenny Review selects her five favorite novels about childhood.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" is a lie; Tibetans don't deserve their oppression; is "sex ed" just a way of controlling teenagers?
“He's going to have to hit a sitting jump shot”
Jake Tapper
Bob Kerrey talks about why -- against the odds -- he endorsed Bill Bradley for president.
The lactating feminist
Roxanne Beckford Hoge
I'm not a porn star. I'm not burning my bra. I'm just feeding my baby in public.
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Who's afraid of "The Blair Witch Project"? Plus: Making money with open source; did all the candidates shirk Vietnam service?
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