The battle continues over the translation of "The Second Sex," by Simone de Beauvoir. But the truth is that the book is painful to read in any language, including French.

Dozens of ethics controversies involving members of the House and Senate have resulted in surprisingly few investigations over the past decade--and little substantive corrective action by the chambers’ ethics oversight committees. However, recent firestorms over alleged congressional misconduct have focused considerable media attention on these issues.

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Yeltsin’s legacy--a distorted but functioning market economy, and a flawed but real multi-party democracy--appears impervious to the desperate thrashing about in the Kremlin.

The media can and must make a moral contribution to our culture and society.