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Paid article Human Rights Botch
Human Rights Botch Last week the Wall Street Journal published the rather shocking details of a trip to Saudi Arabia by members of Human Rights Watch, an organization that is, by its own account,...
Paid article FEAR OF FRYING
MATUS, VICTORINO
Casual Fear of Frying When KFC announced its latest marketing ploy—grilled chicken—and started calling itself "KGC," two thoughts came to mind. The first was that Kentucky Fried Chicken without...
Paid article More Partisan Hackery
HAYES, STEPHEN F.
EDITORIAL Standard More Partisan Hackery Late Friday afternoon, Silvestre Reyes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, announced that his panel would be undertaking a formal investigation...
Paid article Politicized Capitalism
BARNES, FRED
President Obama is ushering in an era of politicized capitalism. Since he took office, corporate heads and business executives more and more look to Washington as the wellspring of financial...
Paid article Sotomayor v. Obama
Eastland, Terry
On the first day of the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the Washington Post led with a story about how the hearings were "not just about" the nominee and the Senate's response to...
Paid article The Empire Strikes Back
TERRILL, ROSS
The Empire Strikes Back China tries to suppress its minority problem. by Ross Terrill W hile the Chinese state often appears masterful in its dealings with the non-Chinese areas of the People's...
Paid article Veiled Threat
Guitta, olivieR
Veiled Threat France against the burqa. by Olivier Guitta In his speech in Cairo, President Obama mentioned no less than three times the headscarf sometimes worn by Muslim women. Each time, his...
Paid article Comrades in Arms
Caldwell, Christopher
Comrades in Arms The Honduran 'coup' is a victory for constitutionalism and a setback for Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. By Christopher Caldwell Tegucigalpa The streets of Honduras's capital...
Paid article "No NHS, Please, We're American"
NELSON, FRASER
No NHS, Please, We're American The computerization of Britain's National Health Service has been an expensive fiasco. Why does Obama want to emulate it? By Fraser Nelson & Irwin M....
Paid article The Med's Best-Kept Secret
STERN, WILLY
The Med's Best-Kept Secret Had a Thai herbal massage in Israel lately? By Willy Stern Rosh Pina, Israel Perhaps nowhere else on the globe does there exist a greater discrepancy between...
Paid article Moderation Is No Vice
BERKOWITZ, PETER
Moderation Is No Vice And extremism is no virtue in politics. Moderation has acquired a bad name in certain prominent conservative precincts, which is unfortunate since it is an essential...
Paid article Ladies Please
POWERS, ELIZABETH
Ladies Please All women writers are equal in the eyes of academic enthusiasts. by Elizabeth Powers Elaine Showalter is a somewhat anomalous feminist. She enjoys venerable status as a pioneer for...
Paid article Ordinary Art
MULLARKEY, MAUREEN
Ordinary Art A new appreciation for the maestro of the commonplace. by Maureen Mullarkey Still life bloomed late among art historical categories. Depictions of prosaic objects have been with us...
Paid article Harvard Fare
GRENIER, CYNTHIA
Harvard Fare The author, Radcliffe '49, enjoys the late show. by Cynthia Grenier Cambridge, Mass. It was only a few minutes after arriving at Currier House in the Radcliffe Quadrangle for my 60th...
Paid article Tanz Macabre
AXTON, NATALIE
Tanz Macabre Pina Bausch, the German dancer-choreographer 'who launched a thousand imitators.' by Natalie Axton Pina Bausch, the legendary tanztheater director, died last month in Wuppertal,...
Paid article Morality Play
PODHORETZ, JOHN
Morality Play Two reasons to be glad it isn't 1979. by John Podhoretz It is axiomatic to many people that the movies, to take one medium, are more questionable today than ever; that they feature...
Paid article Parody
Parody "Her writings have often offered a granular analysis of every piece of evidence....'lt seems an odd use of judicial time to spend endless hours delving into the minutiae of the record,' said...
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