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...work traces the history of American radicalism through a selection of primary documents—including the Declaration of Independence, excerpts from Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Ralph Nader’s 2000 speech, “A Crisis of Democracy...
...have a thorough understanding of how degraded those systems became." But Iraq isn't on the dark side of the moon. "There were plenty of people in and out of Iraq--inspectors and many other potential sources of information about the state of Iraq's infrastructure," says Ralph Peters, a retired Army intelligence officer. "This was a whopping intelligence failure...
Fashion-world favorites such as Jacobs and newcomers like Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza Schouler projected a sense of cheery optimism with a generous palette of citrus colors, sweet floral prints and soft, 1920s-style dresses right out of The Great Gatsby. Old Guard designers like Ralph Lauren and Carolina Herrera revived the breezy silhouette and jaunty stripes of Chanel's early days in Deauville...
...about frivolity and shock." American fashion, of course, has never been big on risk taking. Designers in the U.S. are predictable in their dedication to sportswear, leaving shock tactics to their European colleagues. Along with predictability comes safety, a belief that certain designers--the triumvirate of Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan--are fashion's bedrock. But all of a sudden there was a tectonic shift, as if Klein's departure left everything else on shifting sand...
...September stepping on his epaulets, too. What's a pundit--or a despairing Democratic member of Congress--to do? I have covered eight presidential campaigns, and the answer is always the same: find a deus ex machina. In my time, these have ranged from Jerry Brown (1976) to Ralph Nader to Lee Iacocca to Mario Cuomo to Al Gore (1992, when Clinton seemed to be stumbling) to Ross Perot. Most were wise enough to stay away; those who jumped in failed...