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The new new world
Charles C. Mann's monumental retelling of pre-Columbian American history, "1491," illuminates the existence of civilizations as populous and sophisticated as those of the European latecomers.
By Steve Kettmann Sep 29, 2005
It's curtains for Okrent
New York Times public editor Daniel Okrent reflects on the paper's "very bad journalism" on WMD, its liberal slant, and William Safire's wisecracks about readers.
By Steve Kettmann May 12, 2005
Shocked, shocked!
The hand-wringing over Jason Giambi and Barry Bonds is stupid and hypocritical. Everyone knows the score.
By Steve Kettmann Dec 3, 2004
The last great American rivalry
The Red Sox may finally be on the verge of ending The Curse and beating the Yankees. But even if they don't, their fans have been blessed with that rarest of gifts -- passion. An exclusive excerpt from Steve Kettmann's "One Day at Fenway."
By Steve Kettmann Sep 24, 2004
Europe's impotent outrage
Officials across the Atlantic are steaming about President Bush's "axis of evil" rhetoric, but there's not much they can do about it.
By Steve Kettmann Feb 14, 2002
What real hockey looks like
The Olympic hockey tournament is a golden opportunity for the NHL to make some long-overdue changes.
By Steve Kettmann Feb 9, 2002
Art Howe
The laid-back manager of the hard-charging Oakland A's does it his way, laconically and happily. And that drives his critics crazy.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 16, 2001
Creating "many, many Osamas"
Novelist William Vollmann says if the U.S. convinces Afghans of bin Laden's guilt, they'll support the move against him. If not, only "genocide" will defeat them.
By Steve Kettmann Sep 27, 2001
The Central Asian chess game
If the United States goes to war in Afghanistan, it will need the cooperation of former Soviet republics.
By Steve Kettmann Sep 25, 2001
Solidarity forever?
At an emergency meeting, European leaders back a "targeted" campaign against terrorism and applaud Bush's new internationalism.
By Steve Kettmann Sep 22, 2001
No more Lone Ranger
European leaders like the internationalist Bush who has emerged from last week's terror attacks.
By Steve Kettmann Sep 18, 2001
"We are all Americans"
With the news that several hijackers studied in Hamburg, Germans throw their support behind Bush, and the tensions of his early months in office melt away -- for now.
By Daryl Lindsey and Steve Kettmann Sep 13, 2001
A Bonn surprise
European leadership yields a new agreement on the Kyoto Protocol, isolating the U.S. as the only holdout on global warming.
By Steve Kettmann Jul 23, 2001
Will Bush support the Kyoto Protocol?
Pressure here and abroad may leave him no choice.
By Steve Kettmann Jul 18, 2001
The European education of George W.
They booed him, but the Europeans know they have to live with Bush. And though his speeches hint that travel might yet give him the vision thing, Russia is a different story.
By Steve Kettmann Jun 16, 2001
Baseball boyfriend?
When Out magazine's editor claimed his lover plays in the majors, he set off a media frenzy. But it's only a matter of time before gays get their Jackie Robinson.
By Steve Kettmann May 26, 2001
Bush's Euro-skeptics
In France they call him "an idiot." In Germany they call him a "big bully." Forget China -- Europe could turn out to be President Bush's biggest foreign policy problem yet.
By Steve Kettmann Apr 6, 2001
In praise of a weak euro
Why the nonstop decline in the value of its currency doesn't spell doom for the European Community.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 5, 2000
Roger Angell
Long before he started writing about baseball for the New Yorker he was a fan of the game, and he has never been afraid to show it.
By Steve Kettmann Aug 29, 2000
Martina Navratilova
The most daring player in the history of tennis, her attacking style and superb athleticism revolutionized the sport.
By Steve Kettmann Apr 18, 2000
Bush's secret weapon
Condoleezza Rice discusses her candidate's strong foreign policy convictions, but it's clear she's the brains of the operation.
By Steve Kettmann Mar 20, 2000
Prague's native daughter
Once her stint as secretary of state is up, will Madeleine Albright give up the perks of Washington life to give her native Czech Republic a boost?
By Steve Kettmann Mar 8, 2000
Germany's mambo king
Stuck between a rock and a hard place, flailing Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder takes lessons in political survival from President Clinton.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 29, 1999
On the brink
After a come-from-behind win in Game 3, there seems to be no stopping the New York Yankees.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 27, 1999
Pete Rose steals the show
As baseball honors the team of the century at the World Series, the all-time hits leader banned for gambling proves he can't be exiled forever.
By Steve Kettmann Oct 25, 1999
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