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Re "Now What?" by Joe Klein [Feb. 1]: President Obama spent a year working within the system to bring change. Wrong choice. Special interests gutted the reform out of the health care, banking and climate-and-energy bills, showing that congressional Democrats are as susceptible to the influence of money...
A Weekend in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1978 We turn out from the American School's Little League game, straight into a line of tanks. "It's a parade!" says my mother gaily, hoping we children won't notice that the soldiers have their guns cocked. That night, as Soviet-made...
Later, Taraki will boast that his coup took both superpowers by surprise. The Americans certainly were: it's rumored, though never confirmed, that the coaches of our Little League game that afternoon were CIA agents who missed the biggest news from their patch for years. All summer, my father cycles...
A Bright Afternoon in Cairo, Egypt, March 1979 The crowd presses close, but I keep my clammy hand tight in my mother's, craning to catch a glimpse of the motorcade. Suddenly, they drive by: Anwar Sadat standing up in the limousine next to Jimmy Carter, whose grin is nearly...
Mr. Bartley: It's hard to tell because our menu is constantly changing, but I'd say "The Ted Kennedy" which is "a plump, liberal amount of burger with cheddar cheese, mushrooms, and French fries." "The Viagra" is also very popular. The Viagra is a blue cheese burger with...