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I met New York Magazine editor Clay Felker, who died June 30 at age 82, when I was a daily reporter at the New York Herald Tribune in 1963. The Trib decided to create a serious--or at least good--Sunday supplement and approached Clay to work on the magazine...
I remember playing a World TeamTennis match in the 1980s near Mary's office. I wanted to hear about her life, her quest for equality; and I needed to do it on her turf, where I could see her signature socks and cap. We met at the newspaper, and it...
Mary never received the recognition she deserved, and it was not until much later that the accolades began to arrive. When my friend Bill Dwyre at the L.A. Times called to let me know that Mary was about to become the first woman to receive the prestigious Red Smith Award...
Samuel P. Huntington was unafraid to launch his ideas onto the center of the intellectual stage, even when they sparked considerable controversy. But friends and family said they will remember the bespectacled political scientist for his gentle, reserved nature, and commitment to scholarship and education.
Just as the political elite is united, the forces that would have to oppose them in any move to change the country's political order are fragmented, says David Zweig, a political science professor at Hong Kong's University of Science and Technology. Though it is miserable for those thrown...