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Marshall I. Lewy

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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


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


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


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


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