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John Roberts’s clubby pedigree (Harvard, D.C. power-firm) soothes liberals. Now we just have to hope he doesn’t act the way we once did.

How the network started losing its mojo, when it may come back�soon�and why we should approach it with Groszügigkeit.

Should the NYPD practice counterterrorist profiling in the subway? Maybe�quietly, unofficially, sensibly�it already is.

At the Aspen Institute’s glitzy-wonky summer camp last week, conservatives sounded like liberals, and vice versa. How bracing.

A lot of motley, sometimes suspect ingredients go into journalism, including anonymous sources. But that doesn’t mean they’re not good for you.

Radar seeks to be one of those �rare titles� that �define a cultural moment by getting there first.� But if that’s the goal, shouldn’t it be more original?

Yes, the rebuilding process has been seriously, embarrassingly derailed. But the last thing Pataki should do is try�yet again�to fast-track it.

The traits that make Bob Kerrey such an appealingly gonzo politician are just what today’s political system needs. He should be mayor. Or president.

Will someone tell the mayor it’s not 1966? The West Side doesn’t need a colossal stadium. Just look a bit downtown to see how urban development really works.

As Dan Rather’s old-media world fades out, the future is beginning to look weirdly like the past. Welcome to the neo�nineteenth century.