"I detest Disneyfication, I detest Coca-Cola, I detest burgers, I detest sentimental and violent Hollywood movies that tell lies about history. I detest American imperialism, American infantilism, and American triumphalism about victories it didn't even win . . . I hate feeling this hatred. I have to keep reminding myself that if Bush hadn't been [so narrowly] elected, we wouldn't be here, and none of this would have happened. There is another America. Long live the other America, and may this one pass away soon." -- Margaret Drabble in The Daily Telegraph (London) and reprinted by International Herald Tribune, May 9, 2003

"In the words of The New York Times: if it seemed obvious to anyone in Washington that the American Administration had no coordinated China policy, %u201CChina%u2019s military was seeing a clear plan.%u201D in The New Commonwealth, Claudiu A. Secara

Financial Time, June 26-27, 2004

William Pfaff:

Ethic of service By William Pfaff (IHT)

Louis Uchitelle NYT

By Reginald Dale

by William Greider

Michael Paulson The Boston Globe

William Pfaff International Herald Tribune/Los Angeles Times The temptation of hegemony