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28-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Russia in the Caucasus; Russia's oil Russia in the Caucasus
28-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion On protesters, politics and porn I need to address a disturbing issue that we all need to be more disturbed about: bird porn.
28-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion When FDR found 'the forgotten man' The dissonance that Barack Obama felt growing up is now shared by many voters, and with the stage set in Denver, he must connect.
28-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion When LBJ said, 'We shall overcome' Barack Obama's speech - and in a way his whole candidacy - might not have been possible had President Lyndon Johnson's address to Congress in 1965 not been given.
28-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion William Pfaff: Saakashvili's folly Blaming Russia avoids acknowledging the real damage that President Mikheil Saakashvili has done to the United States, NATO and to Georgia itself.
28-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Gail Collins: The torch passes. Really. The Clintons did everything they were supposed to do at the Democratic convention.
28-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion A really bad idea from the LPGA America's Ladies Professional Golf Association's new rule that requires athletes to prove that they are conversant in English is self-destructive.
28-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The Democrats make their case Barack Obama needs to be clear about what he stands for, and about why - in such dire times - Americans should trust him and his party with their futures.
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Resurgent Russia; Out of touch Resurgent Russia
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Rolling with the punches As so often happens, vicious men were in the saddle for a time while decent men blithered and dithered.
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Après Musharraf, patience The West must support democracy and patience in Pakistan.
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion A jihad grows in Kashmir A new generation of politicized Kashmiris has now risen; the world is again likely to ignore them - until some of them turn into terrorists with Qaeda links.
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Maureen Dowd: Mile-high anxiety I've never actually seen a convention where the energy was so absorbed by people who had lost the nomination, rather than the one who had won.
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Thomas L. Friedman: A biblical seven years As snapshots go, the one China presented through the Olympics was enormously powerful.
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Roger Cohen: Obama's from Main Street, ain't he? Democrats need to prove their candidate's a regular guy, more beer than Chardonnay.
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Madonna's appalling new video The American presidential campaign has already been marked by far too much negative advertising, with coded racial images and sophomoric insults.
27-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion In Georgia, no bullets and no peace When the Europeans meet next week, they should agree to put on hold a trade and security deal with Moscow so long as it continues to occupy Georgia.
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Obama's policy positions; Europe as one nation; Protesting in Beijing Obama's policy positions
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Remembering Kim Novak The actress was something that has gone out of fashion and even become suspect in an era of feminist strictures: She was the object of a voyeuristic male gaze.
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Europe into the breach The EU can keep the Middle East peace process alive while the U.S. changes leaders.
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Second-place citizens For all the talk of Hillary Clinton's "breakthrough" candidacy and other recent successes for women, progress on important fronts has stalled.
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Maureen Dowd: Too much of a bad thing John McCain's campaign is cheapening his greatest strength by flashing the POW card to rebut any criticism, no matter how unrelated.
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion H.D.S. Greenway: Potential lost in Pakistan Pakistan's political drama continues, mostly to very bad reviews.
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion David Brooks: The 21st-century man Obama has to preserve his core focus against his most terrifying foes: the 'experts' in his own party.
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion When Iraqi politicians speak, the U.S. should listen An elected Iraqi government is standing up and telling its American protectors it wants them to stand down.
26-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Freeing Obama of Kennedys and Clintons Senator Hillary Clinton has a responsibility to her party to concede defeat gracefully.
25-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Europe and Russia; Seeking the world's students Europe and Russia; Seeking the world's students
25-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The convention is on, let the fun begin Joe Biden is scheduled to address the Democrats Wednesday night from 8:48 p.m. until dawn.
25-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Mister Jalopy wants to make a better world Manufacturers should make products that consumers can easily maintain, repair, repurpose or even reinvent.
25-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The race that isn't about race It would be naïve to suggest that race won't figure in the U.S. presidential election. But the danger for Democrats is that dark prophecies of prejudice could be self-fulfilling.
25-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion In the shadow of the Red Czar The real mastermind behind Russia's invasion of Georgia is Stalin.
25-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Gail Collins: Digging ourselves a black hole There is nothing we enjoy more than sealing our own doom in the most creative ways possible.
25-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Legalize and assimilate America should require the hard-working undocumented workers to legalize and assimilate, and use enforcement power to catch and deport the criminals.
25-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The challenge of the Democratic convention Barack Obama must match his soaring oratory with a detailed explanation of how he will address America's dire problems.
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The Caucasus moment The Caucasus needs an agreement on regional security and cooperation.
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Thomas L. Friedman: One Olympics - two systems China and America can look at their Olympic successes as re-affirmations of their distinctly different political systems. But they could also learn from each other.
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Nicholas D. Kristof: Slipping over the wall For all the continuing repression, Chinese live far freer lives now than they did in the 1980s and '90s. The openness even continues to expand on the Internet.
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Roger Cohen: Out of Africa Race, as lived by Obama, is a means to talk about reconciliation - of America with its past, of America with its ideals, and of America with the world.
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion What about the economy, McCain and Obama? The U.S. economy's dire circumstances will not abate soon. And American voters believe that neither candidate is paying enough attention to their distress.
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The big loser in Beijing: human rights With these repression-scarred Olympics now drawing to a close, world leaders must tell Beijing that its failure to live up to its commitments will not be forgotten.
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The U.S.-India nuclear deal; Georgia and Russia The U.S.-India nuclear deal; Georgia and Russia
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The yoga lexicon illuminated A 'mantra' helps keep your mind from wandering during meditation.
24-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion A smart choice not without problems Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden as a running mate reflects a different and more difficult political landscape.
22-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Mideast peacemaking; Bashir visits Turkey; The right balance; A badge of shame Mideast peacemaking
22-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The rural life Plenty of species can learn, and one of the things they've learned is when to stop.
22-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Great games, great bills The main question concerning the Beijing Games remains whether China will earn a decent return on its 40 billion dollar investment.
22-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion The XY Games Olympic officials have to learn to make peace with a world in which even gender is not always quantifiable and clear.
22-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion James Carroll: Taking stock as summer wanes Summer agenda? What the summer actually invites is no agenda whatsoever.
22-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion Philip Bowring: China's next challenge China leads in Olympic golds, but can it lead the global economy?
22-08 International Herald Tribune - Opinion K2 and its consequences One inevitable measure of a mountain is simply how often climbers escape with their lives. By that standard, K2 stands almost alone in the world.