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Blaming the you-know-whos, &c. (04/28)
Preferring free false teeth, &c. (04/27)
How to get airtime, &c. (04/20)
Mr. Clinton regrets, &c. (04/13)
Buying Chinese, &c. (04/11)
What's in a headline? &c. (04/03)
Remember the Titanic! &c. (03/31)
Terror movements then and now, &c. (03/27)
Running without shame, &c. (03/24)
Telling Saddam what's what, &c. (03/16)
A name to know, and more (03/14)
Straight talk in a strange place, &c. (03/13)
A perfect statement, &c. (03/09)
February on the Mall, &c. (03/01)
That evil act, &c. (02/27)
An exchange to note, &c. (02/23)
Talking with Chertoff (02/16)
Hajim Alhasani, president of the Iraqi National Assembly (02/09)
In Davos, Part VIII (02/03)
In Davos, Part VII (02/02)
In Davos, Part VI (02/01)
In Davos, Part V (01/31)
In Davos, Part IV (01/30)
In Davos, Part III (01/27)
In Davos, Part II (01/26)
In Davos, Part I (01/25)
Saying what you believe, &c. (01/19)
The nastiest Democrats, &c. (01/17)
A thought for the Marsh Arabs, &c. (01/12)
The commanders in our culture, &c. (01/05)
Monumental selfishness, &c. (01/03)
W. on the march, &c. (12/20)
The Lady from Philadelphia, &c. (12/19)
A purple-fingered day in the sun, &c. (12/16)
We’re all Middle East specialists now, &c. (12/15)
Louse upon louse, &c. (12/07)
Back to the Sage of Plains, &c. (12/05)
Listening to Bush, &c. (12/02)
Maryland's tough Mike Steele, and more (11/21)
An American sickness, &c. (11/17)
“France would appear ridiculous,” &c. (11/09)
Goodbye to Harriet, &c. (10/28)
Pulling the plug, &c. (10/24)
Going low, &c. (10/20)
A constitutional question, &c. (10/13)
L’Affaire Miers, &c. (10/11)
More Che chic, &c. (09/27)
NCNA, &c. (09/26)
Remember the moon! &c. (09/15)
"My chief," &c. (09/13)
Saint Colin, &c. (09/12)
Katrina, &c. (09/08)
The first principle, &c. (09/01)
Teach the mothers well, &c. (08/30)
A wonderful spirit, &c. (08/04)
The headache of judges, &c. (08/01)
In Albania . . . Part III (07/13)
In Albania . . . Part II (07/12)
In Albania . . . (07/11)
An awful predicament, &c. (06/27)
Condi speaks, &c. (06/22)
"Surprise!" &c. (06/21)
Gitmo-as-Gulag, &c. (06/17)
The Beast from the East, &c. (06/07)
Danny the Red gets it right, &c. (06/03)
Davos in Jordan, Part IV (05/27)
Davos in Jordan, Part III (05/26)
Davos in Jordan, Part II (05/25)
Davos in Jordan, Part I (05/24)
Who you gonna call? &c. (05/19)
A voice from Egypt, &c. (05/11)
The One and Only, &c. (05/09)
Singing along with Mitch, &c. (04/27)
King Roger, &c. (04/25)
The bashing of Bolton, &c. (04/21)
The wealthy’s “reward,” &c. (04/14)
Cheney's woman in Ottumwa, &c. (04/07)
The EU, &c. (03/31)
The Schiavo travesty (cont.), &c. (03/30)
The Schiavo travesty, &c. (03/28)
Street talk, Bush talk, pennies on the train, and more (03/21)
Bush's miracles, liberal crabbiness, amazing testimony, &c. (03/10)
Is that Oprah? Johnny? Dubya? (03/08)
Cate, Kate, Che, and more (03/02)
A great store, a great tour, a great party, and more (02/25)
Some Bush-speak, some race talk, some Memory Lane, and more (02/24)
That "we" again. My kingdom for a columnist. Brushes with Greatness. And more. (02/17)
Amazed at Dean, amazed by Jordan, inspired by Gracie, and more. (02/15)
Czechs and Cubans, our SecState rock star, simian like Lincoln, &c. (02/11)
In Davos, Part VI (The End) (02/03)
In Davos, Part V (02/02)
In Davos, Part IV (02/01)
In Davos, Part III (01/31)
In Davos, Part II (01/28)
In Davos, Part I (01/27)
Singers, presidents, letters, &c. (01/21)
A journey, a cartoonist, a Democratic party chairman, and more (01/19)
Conservatives and the world, a letter from Valladares, remembering Victoria, &c. (01/18)
Republican progressives, another bad bookstore clerk, Priscilla L. Nicklaus, and more (01/13)
A word from the unwise? The tsunami coverage. Recommended reading--&c. (01/06)
Guevara angst, musical anecdotes, (others') New Year's resolutions, and more (01/03)
Rumbling with Rummy, remembering Pickering, saying the C-word, &c. (12/15)
A repugnant timepiece, a great story, an endangered word, and more (12/13)
Means of praise, Michael Jordan's brother, selling your daughter's pony, &c. (12/02)
The unbullyable Horowitz, a dangerous poem, a couple for the ages--and more (11/30)
The new SecState, portrait of a people, a retiring columnist, &c. (11/29)
As in life, so in death; two bucks for Pol Pot; the eternal Breast--and more (11/12)
My two favorite lines, Newsweek's greatest hits, jokes from Cuba, &c. (11/08)
Election Day, Election Night, elections to come, and more (11/04)
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow . . . (11/01)
Of Armitages, Kennedys, political buttons, and more (10/28)
Button-wearing, rioting, fishing, &c. (10/26)
Apocalypse Next Week? A Thursday surprise? A delicious ad? And more (10/25)
A city tunes in, two wives gross out, Sinclair flakes out, and more (10/21)
A toxic mailbag, a killer election, a rich lady's tax bill, and more (10/18)
"W" Stands for "Whupped His Behind" (10/14)
Running dishonest, fearing a shift, a revolting cartoon, and more. (10/12)
That and Casablanca, that infernal debate, a passel of letters, &c. (10/04)
A mayoral letter, Ted K. everywhere, "a great sense of the land," &c. (09/29)
Rock bottom, "diversion," the debates, &c. (09/27)
Rathergate, Bush at the U.N., a shocking phrase, &c. (09/24)
In Israel, Part V (09/17)
In Israel, Part IV (09/16)
In Israel, Part III (09/15)
In Israel, Part II (09/14)
In Israel (09/13)
Impromptus: An “interior life,” some protesters, The Speech, and more (09/03)
Impromptus: Zell, Dick, life! (09/02)
Impromptus: Winnability, Arnold, those twins! &c. (09/01)
Jay Nordlinger: The interesting Ed Koch, the bracing Ron Silver, the sad Margaret Cho, &c. (08/31)
My least favorite genre. A political-science chairman. A trip to the bookstore--and more. (08/30)
Song sung blue, the worst conservatives, the new criterion, &c. (08/26)
Bush the Betrayer, the German jihadist, Milosz's legacy, &c. (08/25)
Good vets, bad vets. The inimitable THK. Flat tax?! And more. (08/09)
A question for Kerry, "Osama bin Forgotten," B&Bs, and more (08/02)
Dems and Ice Cream--The End (07/30)
Prodding the Repubs, sizing up the Dems--plus more ice cream! (07/29)
Some nauseating speeches--plus ice cream (07/28)
Demconventionpalooza (07/27)
The campaign, a perfect B&B, a perfect woman, &c. (07/26)
Questions for Kerry, Mr. Hollander's latest opus, journalistic fun, and more (07/22)
A damnable act, a weird place for Rush, some fun with names, and more (07/15)
The singular George Bush. My man Lauch. Trumpetry--and more (07/14)
Lessons from Lincoln (07/12)
D**k Cheney, demonization, a major pet peeve, and more (07/08)
Democratic lunacy, Republican slowness, a little language, &c. (06/29)
John-'n'-Al, a dubious book, a fit awardee, and more (06/22)
Votez Euro-Palestine. Doffing your cap. Letters about Reagan--and more (06/17)
The uses of Reagan. Communist thuggery. What's in a (magazine) name? Etc. (06/16)
Talkin' Reagan (06/15)
Blamin' America first, an old line rethought, Is it 1992?--and more (06/04)
Runnin' down the country, looking for a drink, My Friend Jerry, and more (06/03)
There they go again. The Seinfeld Ruling. 1944 and all that--etc. (06/01)
Fake civil rights, quotable quotes, fun with language, and more (05/24)
"Irish chutzpah," Kristol for U.N. rep, Castro's marvelous daughter, &c. (04/29)
Stumping for Arlen, boosterism in Seattle, a killer Kakutani review, &c. (04/23)
"I loved yo' daddy!" Remembering Jian-li. What's in a name? Etc. (04/21)
Who can stand it? "Fungible," the new "niggardly." It is good to be king--and more (04/20)
Boots on the ground, The Ladykillers, the open-minded Dutch--and more (04/15)
Casus belli, racial nonsense, playing the ponies in Holland, &c. (04/01)
A boy's cry, an anchorman's choice, a governor's modesty, &c. (03/29)
The Bush campaign, in swing; the Euros and the Dems; the end of Abbas--and more (03/24)
Rhymes with . . . ? Is Bush allowed to campaign? Diplomat, my . . . And more (03/08)
Gettin’ hitched, splitting ’em off, fencing ’em off, &c. (03/01)
Oh, Teresa (Part CCLXVII)! Bush in (oratorical) action. Watt’s up! And more (02/26)
What say the enviros? The word from Reuters. A new Daley-speak--and more (02/23)
“Intending on,” a shake of the head, love on the right--and more (02/19)
In defense of caring, in praise of Rumsfeld, in awe of John Daly, &c. (02/17)
Short hair/long hair; thrilling to 9/11; Horatio Alger at the Met--and more (02/11)
The expectations game, an opponent we can take, the size of our loaf, &c. (02/10)
Another car from Cuba, friends in the dungeon, an American drop-out, and more (02/06)
Have you got mooma-jooma? Glenn Close’s friends. Times talk. Etc. (02/02)
Davos Journal, Part V (01/28)
Davos Journal, Part IV (01/27)
Davos Journal, Part III (01/26)
Davos Journal, Part II (01/23)
Davos Journal, Part I (01/22)
Wes loves Michael, Michael loves Wes; the meaning of Sharpton; my kind of diplomat--and more (01/19)
Howard Dean, Christian; Michi's gift; feathers in his cap--and more (01/16)
Biscet, the candidates, Wisconsin, &c. (01/15)
“If Quayle had said it . . .”; 9/11 Democrats; overcredentialization--and more (01/12)
Journalism’s standards, Clark’s standards, hope for the future--and more (01/08)
Leveling with the public, enduring what Israel endures, pardoning Lenny, and more (01/05)
The trial bar, revealed. An attack in a mosque. The disgraceful General Clark--etc. (12/29)
Speaking truth to power, huntin’ pheasant, turning down the Queen, and more (12/18)
What Thatcher said. What Clark said. A rebuke from the Times--and more (12/16)
“Fighting for Mideast oil.” Say it ain't so, Charles! The cause of Jian-li--and more (12/11)
“Happy Holidays,” “Murder, Inc.,” sex in the classroom (yawn), &c. (12/08)
A Baghdad Thanksgiving, a general versus a SecDef, a banner to defend, and more (12/01)
The “statue.” “Who’s black?” The Simile of the Month--and more (11/24)
Lincoln and Bush, Howard and Sheila, Dick and Dr. West--and more (11/20)
Beware American! Beware a too-early withdrawal! Don't beware Gephardt (necessarily)! Etc. (11/14)
Colmes & Kunstler. Rosie, o Rosie. About David Bar-Illan. And more (11/06)
The stakes, Jack Spratt, Cervantes, &c. (11/03)
How to win the World Series, how to win a war, how to think about China, &c. (10/27)
Unchanging principles, “real people,” a horrendous museum proposal, and more (10/24)
Traveling with the SecDef; cheers for Fiji; the chairman of the board; and more (10/23)
Undies to the maid, knocking the old exterminator, Castro and the Red Sox--and more (10/17)
Homonym of the Day, a paper of one’s own, Willie the Shoe, and more (10/14)
Who’s the Toast of Paris? More Thernstromizing. Brokaw, too? Etc. (10/09)
Cheech without Chong. The Rush BS. No one likes a preemptor. Etc. (10/08)
The question of the media, the question of the Democrats, a composer responds, and more (09/30)
Doh, I mean Isabel! Tibet, yes, but Iraq, no! Diva divina--and more (09/25)
A “Caucasian Club”--ugh. The paranoid style (cont.). A new symphony--and more (09/22)
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