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...perhaps even more surprising than Kaplan’s saying news should trump ratings that some journalists have been taking his advice. It seems that since Sept. 11, many journalists have been returning to their roots in delivering real news. The future of pop media is in doubt...
...deterred the United States from going to Baghdad," said Duelfer. Saddam believed it was his poison gases and anthrax that saved him in 1991 - and with the U.S. having declared "regime change" as its primary objective in Iraq, Saddam may be loath to give up what he considers his trump card by submitting to unfettered inspections...
...that's fine by Kwan, who is taking a decidedly different tack at this Games. The last time around, in Nagano, she skipped Opening Ceremonies and shunned the Olympic Village in favor of a private hotel. That wouldn't have been a big deal, but Tara Lipinski, who would trump her for the gold, did the exact opposite - marching in Opening ceremonies, living in the athlete dorms, taking in every bit of the Olympic experience. And it worked for Lipinski. All of this may or may not have played in Kwan's mind on Thursday when she decided to stay...
...that are the axial coordinates of American urban life in the 2000s do not appear. People are not afraid of growing older. Ripeness is all. They have not become depressed helots to the culture of ignorant mall rats with Dolby stereos. Nobody has heard of Madonna, let alone Donald Trump or Osama bin Laden. No one has started bleating about elitism...
...pretty much do it all. Sure, it's nice for the Pentagon to have British special forces at its disposal, because the British have perfected long-term deep penetration into enemy territory by small groups of men. But nobody thinks that's more than a small trump in a hand stuffed with them. Once the game moves away from military action, however, the U.S. really does need allies. Washington can't arrest terrorists in Italy on its own or reform Saudi Arabia's education system on its own. Powerful though it is, the U.S. needs help. And in other pressing...