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The art of survival and other stories
Don George
Two new books offer tips and tales from the wild wide world.
“Genghis Blues”
Daniel Mangin
Blues musician Paul Pena heads to Central Asia to unlock the secrets of the ancient art of throat-singing.
All you need is love — and a marriage license
Joan Oleck
If Jesse Helms has his way, new legislation could limit international adoptions for everyone but married straight couples.
Scorned on the Fourth of July
Toby Young
A British expat reflects on America's insensitivity to its British residents, taxation without representation and the wonders of the "lucky sperm club."
Totally RIP-ed
Jonathon Keats
The strange story of Lenin's embalmers and a collection of cheeky epitaphs suggest that the Reaper may not be so grim after all.
You deserve a borscht today
Jenn Shreve
Over a Big Mac and fries, the man who brought McDonald's to Russia discusses burgers, communism and Boris Yeltsin's craving for salt.
Arthur Mitchell
Nancy Hawley
Still going strong after 50 years of dancing, the founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem did for ballet what Jackie Robinson did for baseball.
Other than that, Mrs. Oswald, how did you enjoy Minsk?
Douglas Cruickshank
From the mixed-up files of Mr. Lee Harvey Oswald; plus a sad story about a bull who fatefully lost his way on the road to Pamplona, and a touching Wittgensteinian lesson about backing up our work on the computer.
The Manchurian presidency
David Horowitz
The worst national security disaster in history came about because President Clinton had loyalties not to foreign communists, but to the Chinese funders who got him elected.
Searchin' for something to search for
Douglas Cruickshank
I wander, therefore I am; and has anyone else noticed all the fur floating around?
First as tragedy, then as farce
Laura Rozen
Russia engages NATO in a game of chicken,
threatening to send its own troops to Kosovo.
A stunning victory
Ian Williams
The United Nations has learned some valuable lessons from a decade of dealing with Slobodan Milosevic.
Turko-Armenian war brews in the Ivory Tower
Christopher Shea
After a century of debate about the Armenian massacres, can the Turkish government endow chairs at American universities without branding Turkish studies as wholly corrupt?
Waging diplomatic war
Ian Williams
NATO is dictating a peace deal at the U.N. that will virtually guarantee Kosovo's future independence.
Getting to yes: Why Milosevic is balking at peace
Laura Rozen
As diplomats wrangle, Serbian forces reportedly loot Kosovo cities.
Prisoner of its past
Orville Schell
The recent eruption of anti-Americanism in China reflects a deep-seated historical identity as "victim" that is holding back its emergence as a major power.
The beginning of the end
Daryl Lindsey
News of a peace deal in Kosovo raises hopes and skepticism among Balkans watchers.
Milosevic plays the U.N. card
Ian Williams
The Serbian president appears to wave the white flag, and the blue United Nations banner is set to fly again in former Yugoslavia.
“We're a long way from the end of this”
Dan Cryer
Alger Hiss' son talks about his new memoir, "The View From Alger's Window," and the espionage case that wouldn't die.
Traitor in chief
David Horowitz
Clinton has not only dismantled our national defense, he has given away our military advantages to enemies all too willing to destroy us.
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