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Drawn to the Dark Side UNCOVERED: Decades before the graphic novel became trendy, a few Japanese cartoonists were turning out gekiga (dramatic pictures), darkly realistic comic strips that appeared in lowbrow magazines in 1960s Japan. It was a prosperous time for the nation, but viewed through the gimlet eye of...
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to have attended a small lunch for General Brent Scowcroft, National Security Adviser to President George H.W. Bush. General Scowcroft described the two broad historic themes of American foreign policy--call them traditionalism vs. transformationalism, or the realists vs. the idealists. The...
Despite the varied points of view, two things are clear. First, mistakes were made. As Woods pointed out, there has never been a how-to book on covering a disaster that nearly wipes out a whole city. Secondly, and most importantly, if African Americans in New Orleans are to be...
Katrina's tidal surge brought about four feet of water into the main public area of the casino, but the entire structure has been renovated and refreshed from top to bottom, said Nourse. Unlike other gambling barges, which rode the tidal waters, the Beau Rivage spent $25 million during initial...
In addition to strengthening Hizballah, the race to rebuild Lebanon has exacerbated conflicts that are tearing the region apart--between the U.S. and the Arab street, between fundamentalists and the West, between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims. Hizballah's principal sponsor, Iran, has moved quickly to take advantage of the...