Moynihan embodied the patriotism of public service. The breadth of his career–from a young naval officer to a policy intellectual whose views were sought by Democrats and Republicans alike–is unmatched by anybody in politics today. The idea of a Senate intellectual is almost a contradiction. There are bright minds in the Senate today but nobody of Moynihan’s stature. He got his start as a young aide to President John F....
It had better be. As companies rush to converge the Internet with anything electrically powered–cell phones, TVs, videogame consoles, refrigerators–Microsoft needs to make sure it remains viable in what many refer to as the post-PC future. That’s why Microsoft president Steve Ballmer chose to personally unveil the company’s latest effort, dubbed the Pocket PC, at New York’s Grand Central Terminal last week. “For the last 25 years,” he said, “we talked about putting a computer on every desk and in every home....
The 47 songs here represent all phases of his career, from his time with the folk/rock band Fairport Convention, through his partnership with his now ex-wife Linda and his subsequent life as a soloist. They come in a variety of styles, from love songs to fiddle tunes to foursquare rockers. Sometimes there’s just Thompson and his acoustic guitar. Sometimes there’s a rock band, or a band with concertina, or an oompah brass band, or instruments from Japan....
The Velázquez affair is just one symptom of the cancer eating away at Chávez’s so-called Bolivarian Revolution. The Venezuelan leader, who turns 52 later this month, swept to power in the 1998 presidential election on an anti-graft platform. But in the intervening years, the soaring price of oil has flooded government coffers with petrodollars and fanned the same endemic corruption that thoroughly discredited Venezuela’s two major political parties in the 1990s....
A summer departure looks inevitable for the Belgian, and thanks to a consistent supply of Premier League goals over a five-year period, the 23-year-old now has the pick of the elite at the end of the season. Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Juventus have all been heavily linked with a move in the summer, though some destinations appear more fitting than others. A return to Stamford Bridge is possibly the most feasible move, with Chelsea almost-certainly guaranteed a spot in the Champions League thanks to the unerring guidance of Antonio Conte....
In Jharel Cotton, Grant Holmes and Frankie Montas, Oakland has added impact talent. Whether it pans out remains to be seen, of course, but it’s possible that with one move, the A’s have put down a major piece of foundation for a good run of contending again. Montas, who previously has been part of trades involving Jake Peavy and Todd Frazier, has been limited this year by injuries, pitching in only seven games – three in Double-A, four in Triple-A, where he has 15 strikeouts in 11....
In the initial phase, it is not necessary for the administration to do anything to respond directly to Iraq’s proposal. President Bush can afford to wait for Saddam’s next move, which will probably be somehow to separate his conditions from his offer of withdrawal. The process may be somewhat like this: President Gorbachev, or a combination of Arab leaders sympathetic to Baghdad (like the Algerians) could take responsibility for pursuing Iraq’s conditions in the aftermath of a withdrawal....
Unfortunately for New York, that seat got a lot less comfortable Wednesday. MORE: NHL.com adding advanced stats | Isles lose Okposo to detached retina Henrik Lundqvist will not play against the Bruins Wednesday night as the team investiages potential problems stemming from the literal shot to the throat Lundqvist took Saturday against the Hurricanes. Despite how bad the injury appeared at first glance, Lundqvist remained in the game. Lundqvist also started Monday’s Rangers victory over the Panthers, and had been scheduled to start against the Bruins....
The bodies were burned so badly that they couldn’t be counted precisely; it wasn’t clear whether Kibweterie himself had died. Some estimates put the number of dead at more than 235. As modern mass suicides go, it ranked second only to the 914 followers of an American cult leader, the Rev. Jim Jones, who died in Guyana in 1978. And in Uganda, a country racked by AIDS and atrocities dating back to the dictator Idi Amin, the horror was only too familiar....
Like the movie, Spader himself defies expectation. On screen, he’s usually playing Yuppie scum. In life, he’s more like a soccer dad. Spader is intensely private and so far out of the Hollywood loop he lives in Massachusetts. It has been years since his name was on everyone’s–or anyone’s–lips, partly because he’s landed himself in some terrible movies like the sci-fi dud “Supernova,” but also because he works only when he needs to....
The director is trying to put a brave face on the spy scandal, the worst since CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames was caught working for the Russians in 1993. Last week Freeh claimed that arresting Hanssen on charges of espionage was a “counterintelligence coup.” From some kind of unidentified “sources” U.S. intelligence obtained what seemed to be virtually the KGB’s entire file on Hanssen’s case. Sources tell NEWSWEEK the bureau was able to identify the turncoat–who used code names like “B” and “Ramon”–from his fingerprints on the packages he allegedly sent to his Russian handlers....
But lately spymasters have moved directly into the spotlight of the Middle East peace process. First, there was U.S. Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet brokering Palestinian-Israeli ceasefires in the 1990s. Now it’s the head of Egypt’s intelligence service, Omar Suleiman, who’s been knocking heads in Arafat’s compound, getting a new Palestinian government in place as the first step toward adoption of Washington’s Roadmap for peace. Suleiman is more than just a friendly intelligence chief in an unfriendly neighborhood....
The dream of a national school lunch program is just as important to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Almost every tragedy imaginable has afflicted this large nation in Central Africa. The DRC is about the size of Western Europe. War, disease, poverty and even a volcanic eruption have happened this year. The DRC has suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic, cholera, as well as outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus....
Industry insiders see a direct link between Columbia’s rage and its panic that the $70 million-plus film could bomb-especially going head to head with the omnivorous “Jurassic Park,” which grossed $100 million in a record nine days. “The movie isn’t panning out and they’re blowing their cool big time,” says Wells. But the tempest may also be about him: he’s written articles critical of Columbia for several publications, has others in the works and is believed by Columbia executives to be the pseudonymous author of a Spy magazine column that, among other things, claimed chairman Mark Canton “dozed off” at a screening of one of his own movies....
Like Bush, Major is the pragmatic successor to a radical reformer of the right. Like the Democrats in America, Labor tried to regain power by moving toward the center, decrying the Darwinian downside of conservative economics. “It’s time for a change,” said Labor’s campaign posters. The party wanted to end Thatcher’s calculated neglect of the public sector and raise taxes substantially on upper-income citizens. But the prospect of further upheaval proved unpalatable....
It may seem odd that within one month Hollywood has brought forth two films in which a selfish, successful man is struck down and forced to reassess his life. “Regarding Henry” showed how sappy such a theme could be. But here, director Randa Haines, making her first film since “Children of a Lesser God,” does it right. The transformation of Dr. MacKee from a chilly, glib surgeon, who keeps both his patients and his family at arm’s length, into a compassionate mensch may sound, on paper, both predictable and pious....
In two weeks the first-night audience will feel the force of two ennobling obsessions: the shady parvenu Jay Gatsby’s fixation on Daisy Buchanan, which drives him to amass a fortune he cares nothing about, and Harbison’s fascination with a great American novel. He began planning an opera based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1924 masterpiece 18 years ago, couldn’t get dramatic rights and ended up with a “Fox-Trot for Orchestra” called “Remembering Gatsby....
In the note, Munn says she’s proud of the Packers for the “positive” way they faced adversity this season, both “on and off the field,” leaving some wondering if she’s referencing Rodgers’ rift with his family. Olivia Munn’s Instagram note to Packers, fans MORE: Five things Packers must do to give Aaron Rodgers another Super Bowl shot A photo posted by Olivia Munn (@oliviamunn) on Jan 22, 2017 at 6:19pm PST...
