MUCH as George W. Bush’s presidency was ineluctably shaped by Sept. 11, 2001, so the outbreak of the French Revolution was symbolized by the events of one fateful day, July 14, 1789. And though 18th-century France may seem impossibly distant to contemporary Americans, future historians examining Mr. Bush’s presidency within the longer sweep of political and intellectual history may find the French Revolution useful in understanding his curious brand of 21st- century conservatism.

The gurus seek bliss amidst mountaintop solitude and serenity in the meditative trance, but I, grasshopper, have achieved the oneness with the universe that is known as pure externalization.

We’ve been informed that Meetro - provider of a location-based instant messaging service - is working on a stealth project that aims to make forum setup, customization, and moderation as easy as blogging with Blogger.

Chris Lyman tried to live a life of leisure. After selling the start-up company he had founded, Hosting.com, for $30 million in 2000, Mr. Lyman, then 26, bought a big house on a bluff above Los Angeles. He bought a $100,000 sports car. He splurged on heliboarding trips, extreme diving and “other primordial male, risky stuff,” he said. In between, there were plenty of days where 4 p.m. rolled around and he was still in his bathrobe. Yet no more. Like many other young techies who came into an elephantine payoff during the Internet era, Mr. Lyman has chosen to start another company — mainly because he felt he had no choice.

Having already struck it rich, many young Internet tycoons throw themselves back into a start-up, in a competition with one another and themselves.

THE stubborn refusal of the polls to tighten will inevitably direct the campaign spotlight towards one of the core promises of John Howard's bid for re-election — that, if returned, he will hand over to Peter Costello well into his fifth term.

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Dick Cheney’s craziness used to influence foreign policy. Now it is foreign policy. He may have lost his buddy in belligerence, Rummy. He may have tapped out the military in Iraq. He may not be able to persuade Congress so easily anymore — except for Hillary — to issue warlike resolutions. He can’t cow Condi into supporting his bullying as he once did, and Bob Gates is doing his best to instill some common sense.

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We are talking, here, about the possibility of opening up an entirely new era in the history of human kind. By Morgan Meis I came to the current religion debates a bored man. Started by the discussions around “intelligent design” and by the books of Dawkins, Hitchens, Dennett, and Harris (The Four Horsemen), the debate seemed to pit two irreconcilable views against one another, both vying for an empty prize. Religion, I gathered, will always have its place, as will the practices of science and rational inquiry. Perhaps one day some other arrangement, some other separation of powers, will come about, but it won’t be any time soon, and it will happen when no one is looking. It will happen on its own time, with the lazy mastodon movements of history, which lumbers and rarely sprints.