On the one-month anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the tobacco industry took aim at Congress’s first effort to respond to the crisis with a major piece of new legislation-what wou
I really must come to England more often. The last time I was here, in mid-February, Princess Margaret gave up the ghost. And now, even as I step off the wondrous train that connects Paris to London, the flags are hauled halfway down to mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, last Empress of India. This was supposed to be a Jubilee year, marking half a century of the present sovereign’s rule. But it has been a series of black-draped obsequies so far. And I plan to come back in early June…
What is the fundamental difference between Slobodan Milosevic and Ariel Sharon? The former is on trial for war crimes, while the latter still leads an occupying army.