Q&A: Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor to U.S. President Jimmy Carter, talks about the implications of the rise of China and what it means for the United States.
WORLDVIEW: Titanic at 100: why we still care
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A hundred years after its sinking, Titanic rests on a muddy plain, torn apart, scattered, slowly eroding into the eternal darkness of the sea.
WORLDVIEW: Rotten standards for young kids
By Richard Pound
As the 2012 Summer Games in London approach, the fight against doping continues.
Memories of a baseball hero and man of charity
By Mark Scheinbaum*
AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Mets catcher Gary Carter in 1986 receiving $2.07 million a year for his baseball skills, was the highest paid baseball player to that date.
Jailed Megaupload boss has female fan club
WEIGHING a whopping 294 pounds, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom might seem an unlikely target for romantic advances. But the 6ft 4in ubergeek told a court on Friday he has received a deluge of letters.
Yankee's Rivera undergoes surgery
Panama’s all star baseball player, New York Yankees' closer, Mariano Rivera, has undergone surgery to remove a polyps in the vocal cords.
Sarah Palin’s goodbye kiss to presidential bid: advisers
Sarah Palin faces divorce proceedings from 'First Dude' husband Todd and has been told by her advisers to "kiss goodbye" to her presidential ambitions says a US newspaper.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY: Gloom and doom in US politics
Alexander Cockburn in The First Post August 9
ACROSS two evenings this week, we've been offered America's future in a couple of versions. Neither of them work.
Fall of Canadian government could unravel Panama FTA
The fall of the Canadian government facing sleaze allegations, could dim the hopes of Panamanians hoping for an early ratification of the Panama-Canada Free Trade Agreement.(FTA)
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY . Who will follow in the shoes of Mubarak?
Alexander Cockburn is a respected writer, political analyst and foreign affairs commentator living in the United States.
If you are a twitterer you won’t have time to read this

From the Sidelines
When was the last time you sat down to dinner, and re read the menu from end to end while your companion fiddled with a Blackberry or Ipod?
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