Our `Summer of Chandra’
What? America still is talking about Chandra Levy? Yes, almost three months after the 24-year-old former intern was last seen at her health club at the end of April, the...
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Africa’s report card: Still in need of improvement
"How's Africa?" a friend back in America asks me by e-mail. I have to think for a minute. I'm spending a few days in Mozambique, where, as Bob Dylan sang,...
Where a free press is a luxury
Geoff Nyarotas newspaper has been bombed twice this year. The marble and concrete entrance to the 10-story building that houses it on a busy downtown street here still bears scars...
After apartheid, a bigger job begins
As the nice grandmotherly clerk in the lovely little suburban Johannesburg gift shop begins to fold and bag my new T-shirt, her eyebrows arch at its not-so-lovely message. Below the...
Stem cells and very slippery slopes
"This time, it's not about abortion," Newsweek magazine said of Washington's latest embryo war. But, of course, it is, even though it shouldn't be. We're talking about stem cell research,...
Patriotic despite sore points
A Tennessee state legislator recently gained national fame--and infamy--by refusing to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance before session. Rep. Henri E. Brooks, a black Memphis Democrat, said "I can't...
Searching for your `soul mate’
Dear Twentysomethings: A new poll of your attitudes toward marriage says most of you think the essential ingredient for success is a good "soul mate." Ah, youth. Good luck, kids....
What America wants to forget
Proposals to open a national museum dedicated at least in part to slavery have gathered steam in recent months in Washington. I'm all for it. I also expect a slavery...
Amos, Andy and Tony Soprano
Some Italian-American organizations and politicians are outraged over the award-winning HBO hoodlum hit, "The Sopranos." I understand how they feel even though I am a big fan of the show....
Of beer and the Bush twins
Major media have been giving a lot of attention to the question of whether major media should give so much attention to President Bush's 19-year-old twins and their recent attempts...