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Marshall I. Lewy

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Multi-Ethnic, But Narrow Minded

Russia is a country that has rarely thought about questions of race, but today a thinly veiled racism pervades the

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In Search of Common Ground

Although this column deals with race, I will not start with qualifications, hesitations and disclaimers. I will not apologize for

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Isolated in the Information Age

I fell in love last year. It was a strange kind of love. With a woman, yes. She lived in

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Hitting the Glass Ceiling of Grammar

"A frustrated student sits at his desk..." Wait, maybe the student we're talking about is not male. "A frustrated student

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All the News That's Fit to Sell

In "Citizen Kane," when journalism tycoon Charles Foster Kane receives a telegram from his Latin American correspondent insisting that reporting

fantasy island

The word Jamaica means different things to different people. To the Native Americans who lived there, it was a "land

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Who Needs Repentance?

Dear God, During Yom Kippur services on Wednesday, I was a bit unfocused. Maybe I was a little out of

From Russia With Love

A few months ago, I met a Russian lawyer in New York who I asked for suggestions about what I

Bottoms Up!

E veryone knows Russians love to drink. The Russian people's penchant for imbibing is the stuff of legend. It is

From Abroad

Our Russia correspondent reflects on sad news from home. H e died on February 16 at 8 Walnut Avenue in

From Russia With Love

T he dull red walls of the Kremlin loom large in the center of Moscow as a reminder of this

Boogie Nights

Not your typical coming-of-age story, this tale of the making of a '70s porn star (played by the artist formerly

Boogie Nights

Not your typical coming-of-age story, this tale of the making of a '70s porn star (played by the artist formerly

WHAM! Make it Big

Give a home to the fleas in my hair, / A home for fleas / A hive for bees /

I Want My HTV

I was in a bar recently when the World's Strongest Man competition came on television. For those who have never

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