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...empire would do well to learn its lessons. In the sacred texts of neoconservatism, imperialism is everywhere. Six articles in the latest issue of the National Interest deal with the subject. In the Weekly Standard, Max Boot - whose recent book, The Savage Wars of Peace, kicked off the whole fad - concedes that "formal empire is passe" while arguing that in carrying out President Bush's policy of democratizing Iraq, "it would be a grave mistake to look for an early 'exit strategy.'" The length of time U.S. troops would have to stay in Iraq, Boot writes confidently, "will have...
...forgive me if I don't join the new fad. Nations need time to develop institutions that guarantee liberty and prosperity. It took France around 90 years to go from violent revolution to a settled bourgeois democracy. All countries make mistakes, and wise ones will seek help and protection from outside their borders. But let the help they seek be of their own volition, let the mistakes they make be of their own making - and let imperialism stay where it should have been left, as a subject of enjoyable books and speeches...
...ingrained in the culture to be entirely forgotten. Major sakemakers are targeting new markets, such as young women, with innovative products and sales pitches. A change in the tax laws has encouraged small and midsize kura to produce more profitable, premium sake, a move that has ignited the current fad for jizake, or local sake. And kura big and small see potential abroad, where a sake boom has stepped up demand. Despite its troubles--or perhaps because of them--the industry is producing its best sake ever...
...through skirts from Japan: fad or fiction? Last month, an Australian newspaper reported that skirts with thongs painted on the derriere are the latest fashion craze to hit the streets of Tokyo. Subsequently, according to major international newspapers, photos of Japanese women supposedly sporting the risqué garments were circulated widely in an e-mail that claimed, “What you see below are skirts made to look as if the panties are visible—they are the current rage in Japan...
...interest in all things paint by number resurfaced a few years ago, and the fad seems to be gaining steam. Vintage finished pictures are now being avidly collected, and new sets are being made. The Smithsonian Institution was host to an exhibit called "Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s," which led to a book, Paint by Number, by William L. Bird Jr. Designer Todd Oldham, who has been collecting the canvases for 20 years, recently taught the Today-show audience how to make Valentine's Day presents with paint-by-number kits. Sean Cisewski, inventory-control manager...