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June 19, 2006 | The Imperial City
The Vietnam Obsession

It’s the analogy that won’t quit�and won’t fly, either. But could Iraq end up like Vietnam? We should be so lucky.

June 5, 2006 | The Imperial City
What the [Bleep]?!

The FCC’s scary new censorship crusade raises the question: Should the government be in the decency business at all anymore?

May 29, 2006 | The Imperial City
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May 15, 2006 | The Imperial City
Generation Xerox

Youth may not be an excuse for plagiarism. But it is an explanation.

May 1, 2006 | The Imperial City
The Way We Boom Now

What this age of Internet euphoria looks like to those of us who were in the game last time around. For one, bubbles aren’t completely bad.

April 24, 2006 |
Introducing the Purple Party

Depressed about the Democrats? Revolted by the Republicans? You’re not alone. Here in New York (with its Republican mayor and Democratic voters), a third way is being plotted. Follow the purple-brick road.

February 6, 2006 | The Imperial City
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February 6, 2006 | The Imperial City
What Would Dirty Harry Do?

By framing the eavesdropping debate as a manly-man contest, Bush & Co. are distracting us from the conversation we should be having about privacy.

February 20, 2006 | The Imperial City
They Can't Take a Joke

What’s the matter with Islam is also the matter with Kansas. But who says freedom of speech isn’t a little negotiable?

March 6, 2006 | The Imperial City
School’s Out for Summers

Harvard’s president didn’t get expelled so much for his ideology as for his naïveté. And the university would do well to pick a Larry 2.0 next.