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...course. He's a former public-school music teacher and a successful politician, the president of the Montana state senate. But in April, in the midst of a hot primary race, Tester took five days off from the campaign to seed his 1,800-acre farm in the eastern Montana flatlands. "Look, I do the things real people do. I plow, I seed, I harvest. I do some of my best thinking on my tractor," Tester told me as he campaigned in Whitefish, Mont., last week...
...just as President Hosni Mubarak was scrapping his annual trip to the White House. Russia is even starting an Arabic-language TV channel in the Middle East to spread its influence. With a little luck, the potential exists for Moscow to play a pivotal role in certain Middle Eastern issues, according to Gamal Abdul-Gawad Soltan of Cairo's Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. Russia, says Soltan, can pursue "a policy of blocking a consensus among major powers, which Middle East leaders can manipulate to avoid isolation" by Washington. But Moscow is calibrating its steps carefully...
...Russia does so drenched with suspicion. Germans still feel grateful to Russia for not trying to derail unification. The country depends on Moscow for one-third of its gas, and the proportion is rising. German banks and companies are a major source of foreign investment in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe, where turmoil could be costly and disruptive. Not surprisingly, "we have a realistic partnership with Russia, with good cooperation on economic matters," says Ruprecht Polenz, head of the Bundestag's foreign-affairs committee. "When you have good cooperation on the economy, there are opportunities for both sides." Alexander Rahr...
...something that was done with kid gloves or with heavy irony," notes Lethem. "Now, a lot of writing has a very natural degree of engagement with the vernacular culture." Look at someone like Sittenfeld, whose Prep, a wildly readable account of a Midwestern girl floundering at an élite Eastern boarding school, became a surprise best seller. Is she a literary writer or a commercial writer? The distinction no longer seems to apply. She's just a good writer...
...Watch Your Language As a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Eastern Europe, I commend Charles Krauthammer for his excellent essay in favor of making English the official language of the U.S. [June 12]. I sometimes feel even more like a foreigner when I encounter people who have no intention of learning English and assimilating into this great society. Uncontrolled immigration is the major contributing factor to bilingualism. Although I am an immigrant, I still disapprove of our government's irresponsible immigration policy. Deian Stankov Clarksburg, Maryland...