Washington Diarist: Joy Ride - The New Republic, December 5 & 9, 2002 Every afternoon, the Plaza Hotel in New York City serves proper tea. While gray dowagers dominate the clientele, little girls are nestled in the crowd as well... full article... Tokyo Diarist: Singled Out - The New Republic, November 4, 2005 After Tom Cruise declared his newfound love for Katie Holmes on “Oprah” and trashed Brooke Shields on the “Today” show, many Americans began to question the megastar’s sanity.... full article... Cold, but cool - Financial Times Magazine, August 30-31, 2008 Many Americans think of Minneapolis-St Paul as the refrigerated middle of nowhere, but the Minnesotan metropolis is a hot spot for young talent, attracting members of the "creative class" fleeing bigger US cities... full article... They're Not Stupid--They're Lazy - Slate, August 2005 The real reason American high-schoolers have such dismal test scores... full article... The Algebra Project Builds Math Literacy - NRTA Live & Learn, Summer 2006 Education is the civil rights challenge for the 21st century, says two veteran activists of the 1960s full article... Localized Food Aid - New York Times Magazine, December 11, 2005 In emergency medicine, doctors often refer to the "golden hour," or the 60-minute window after a medical calamity when treatment is most likely to save the patient... full article... The Mullahs And Me - New York Times Book Review, March 13, 2005 A memoir by a young Iranian-American journalist who fell into a funk in Tehran. Lipstick Jihad, by Azadeh Moaveni. full article... A Hike to the "Roof of Africa" - BusinessWeek, Novermber 1, 2002 The seven-day trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro was slow, agonizing, cold--and unforgettable. It also gave "challenging" a whole new meaning... full article...