For the past month, Ive been on the Atkins diet.
Intellectually, I mean.
Ive cut out all stodgy carbohydrate, and nourished my mind solely on choice-cut protein.
Be
A little help from my friends
The big story of the week, unless you count Charlton Heston receiving the Charlton Heston award, was Dubyas visit to the UN.
The
Trade wars
Have we seen the end of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)?
Few were surprised when the WTO talks in Cancún collapsed this week.
The talks may be known
Last week, while most of us were out shopping, the Russian State Archives of Contemporary History in Moscow released thousands of minutes taken from meetings of the leadership of the
Screened intelligence
What to do about Iraq?
As Bush comes close to begging Europe for assistance, the New York Times reports how the Pentagon has been busy screening The Battle
Another war anyone?
OK. So, where were we?
Thats right, multilateral talks in Beijing were about to stop North Korea blowing up the world.
The talks wrapped up Friday
Ive never been to North Korea.
My travel agent, who claims to care deeply about my leisure time, insists Faliraki is more my scene.
Shes right, of course.
Everything is relative
What effect will the bombings in Bombay on Monday 25 August have on Indo-Pakistan relations?
Well, as with most things in life, it depends who you read
Sabre-rattling
First, an update on the North Korea crisis easily forgotten amongst the tragedies in Iraq and Israel this week. The six-nation talks on North Koreas nuclear programme begin
The following are extracts from a speech I gave last week to the Californian Institute of Cosmetically-Enhanced Women all complaints should be sent to my editors.
Thank you for having
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Slick Dick
With the eyes of the world fixed on
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Sinositis
The United States may be the worlds richest
