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Within hours after the news from Moscow, James Baker appeared in public to assure everyone that American policy is "not one that's based on personality." Translation: we're not betting on the fortunes and stamina of any individual foreign leader; we're pursuing U.S. interests, period. There would probably...
Means of Ascent by Robert A. Caro. The second installment of what promises to be the longest and liveliest American political biography of modern times finds Lyndon Johnson transforming what were certainly not his finest hours into tarnished triumphs. To wit: avoiding World War II combat for as long as...
Postcards from the Edge Hollywood has so much fun hating itself that the venom can taste like fine wine. Carrie Fisher puts plenty of savory laughs into her, well, perhaps slightly autobiographical script, and under Mike Nichols' direction, Meryl Streep parades her dazzling comedic gifts; she adds spin and sizzle...
MEDICINE: A Pill that gets under women's skin
On the road to Marion, there are posters trumpeting the Louisiana Senate candidacy of David Duke, the ex-Klansman who lost last October's nonpartisan primary but won an estimated 60% of the white vote. Joseph Hampton sees nothing alarming in this. From his post-emigre perspective, he feels Louisianians...