The delay in Condoleezza Rice's testifying before the 9/11 panel points up how the president has repeatedly abused his executive privilege.

The recent eruptions in Kosovo should push back any political determination that could lead to further violence.

The political price of the president's huge budget deficits is starting to dawn on some moderate Republicans.

By DOROTHY SAMUELS

More than a charming TV personality, the elegant and erudite Englishman was, first and foremost, a top-notch journalist and social historian.

A Newspaper Is Closed in Baghdad.

Intelligence Gap,.

That Ball Is Going . . . Going . . . Caught!.

The Military Chaplain.

Bob Dole's Economy.

Palestinian Moderates.

France and the U.N.

Don't Call Us `Geezers'.

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Today in Africa, we are facing a test of our ability to stop civil wars and avert genocides and failing it.

By WILLIAM SAFIRE

My friend Alistair Cooke was a literate and wise interpreter of life in the daughter country.

By ROBERT M. GATES

Security measures that keep out legitimate foreign students only hurt us in the war on terror.

By STEVEN C. CLEMONS

High fees and rejection rates on visas have created a peception worldwide that America has become inhospitable since 9/11.

By STEVEN MALANGA

New York is about to fall prey to the convention-center fever that swept across the Eastern Seaboard.