articles 4/17

Time
Ms. Right
She is quite possibly the most divisive figure in the public eye. But love her or hate her, you don't know the real Ann Coulter

Maîtres chez nous
Connexions
Gomery Canada
by David Warren

Public Hedonism and Private Restraint
by David Brooks

Metrosexual or Medieval?
by Doug Giles
According to a recent Washington Times report, American women are pig sick of the oversold and dandy metrosexual male imago.

Was the Pope Polish? Yes, Thank God
by Lech Walesa

Why Europe's Great Churches Are Empty
by Brian Carney

Friend or Foe?
The International Committee of the Red Cross should stop championing terrorists or lose U.S. funding.
by David Rivkin & Lee A. Casey

Soldiers Do Us the Honor
by David Gelernter

Party of 'Joyous Vulgarity'
Why the Democrats are losing the culture wars.
by Dan Gerstein

John Bolton vs. the Moral Cowards
The Senate confirmation process needs to be reformed.
by Otto Reich

The Cardinal
A story about selecting the new pope.
by Peggy Noonan

When Numbers Solve a Mystery
Meet the economist who figured out that legal abortion was behind dropping crime rates.
by Steven Landsburg

Iraqi Freedom 2.0
Those who flinched in the hard times, and those who didn't.


US News & World Report
The CSI Effect
On TV, it's all slam-dunk evidence and quick convictions. Now juries expect the same thing--and that's a big problem

Newsweek
Family Matters
We don't get sick or stay well by ourselves. The people closest to us affect every aspect of our health—and our own well-being affects theirs.

Agent Provocateur
Melissa Boyle Mahle, the former C.I.A. operative, talks about recruiting in the Mideast, why Bill Gates should replace Porter Goss and why the White House might not say if we get bin Laden.

The Unregulated Offensive
Imagine that the interpretation of the Constitution was frozen in 1937. Imagine a country in which Social Security, job-safety laws and environmental protections were unconstitutional. Imagine judges longing for that. Imagine one of them as the next Supreme Court nominee.

NY Times
Arms Equipment Plundered in 2003 Is Surfacing in Iraq
Intact factory, machine and vehicle parts are beginning to surface in open markets in Iraq's major cities and at border crossings.

How One Pill Escaped a Place on List of Controlled Steroids
The story of how DHEA came to enjoy special legal protections granted by Congress is a study in political maneuvering.

W. Post
Question Celebrity
I was in Los Angeles for a while in February, left for a couple of weeks, and then returned for a few days in March, and in my absence one major thing changed: The omnipresent (and enormous) billboards and skyscraper banners for "Be Cool" (the caper starring John Travolta and Uma Thurman) were gone and had been replaced by equally oversize plugs for "Guess Who," starring Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac in an inverse-remake of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

LA Times
Boy George Meets Material Girl
The 1980s are no passing fad, it seems. The Second Annual Totally '80s Convention last month at the Music Box @ Fonda theater in Hollywood celebrated the music and fashion of the 10-year period that started with Americans being held hostage in Iran and ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Brace yourselves—this crowd wasn't nostalgic 40-plus-year-olds reminiscing about the good old days. When Michael Jackson won a best record of the year Grammy in 1983 for "Beat It," most attendees were still in diapers. Host Richard Blade played flashback music videos in between tribute bands that channeled Oingo Boingo, the Ramones, Billy Idol, the Cure, Depeche Mode and New Order to our decade-challenged friends.

Rocky Mountain News
U are there
Twenty-two years after U2's historic Red Rocks show, those who made it happen recall what it took
Songs from gig elusive
Only 2 tunes on live EP are from Red Rocks performance
'Rattle and Hum' also shot at Denver concerts
Edge says band thought 'lightning might strike twice'