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VIRTUAL
CRIME, REAL TIME
Why those who
create fake child porn should not face prosecution
FEAR
OF MULTIETHNIC MAN
In California,
a bank robber eludes justice because eyewitnesses disagree on his
race
GENDER
ROLLED
Why in the world
wouldn't boys and girls be different from one another?
THE
JOY OF PRACTICE
Reveling in the
process
WHY
THE WORLD HATES US
Do Americans
really fathom how deeply we are loathed beyond our borders?
TALKING
AMERICAN
St. Patrick's
Day caused his father to lose his Irish accent
AGAINST
THE FALL OF NIGHT
Another school
shooting? Not so shocking, considering that we Americans love guns
more than children.
BABY
LOVE
Evolutionary
secrets of that new-baby smell
HEAD-BANGER
CLANGOR
Protect your
ears now, or forever lose your peace
THE
BARD'S BONGS
Did Shakespeare
praise pot? Did the original Slick Willy inhale?
CHANGING
LANES
Dale Earnhardt's
death points up a cultural divide between the old and new South
BEING
PROUD OF THE "F-WORD"
No, not that
one. There's a new taboo that makes many self-respecting women cringe.
THE
JOB ODYSSEY
She quit her
job to look for new work just when the employment environment became
a wee bit challenging
SUNNY
SIDE UP
Feeling happy
instead of crappy puts people in an optimistic mood
ECONOMIC
CHIVALRY IS NOT DEAD
A group of capitalist
heavy-hitters put their conscience above their self-interest by
coming out against the repeal of the estate tax, Arianna Huffington
notes
EARTH
MOVER
The Seattle Quake
shakes up the one guy who saw it coming
SAVE
THE RAVE?
Why it's worth
considering
SO
DAMN INSANE
This is war--except
when we say it's not
THE
PERKS OF WORK
You thought unemployment
would be scary and exhilarating. It was for a little while, but
now you understand having a job is about more than money.
THE
AGE OF ROAD RAGE
Crash, burn,
then pick up the pieces
STRIPPED
DOWN
One woman's decision
to quit the lucrative exotic dancing business
UGLY
TRUTHS
Sometimes, that
which isn't beautiful makes us change our minds about what is
AFTER
THE DIAGNOSIS
Reflections on
sickness, mortality and painted toenails: a year in the life of
a 31-year-old breast cancer patient
WHEN
TO WEAN?
Nursing a baby
has finally become socially acceptable in this country, but this
was the limit
BLACK
MARKING
African-American
History Month has become a commercialized farce
A
RICH PARDON
Union-buster
Marc Rich is a criminal in more ways than one
WOH,
NAMES REVERSE, MAN, HOW?
Or, fun with
palindromes
HOT
OFF THE PRESS
A look at the
cream of the love/sex book crop
ANNIVERSARY
WALTZ
A married woman
reflects on the joy of falling--and staying--in love, which is not
always easy
CORPORATIONS
AIN'T CITIZENS
No matter how
much they claim it, companies aren't like you and me
NOBODY
WINS IF NATURE LOSES
The 2002 Winter
Olympics poses environmental risks to Utah
SPELL-CHECKING
THE NBA TOP 50
Charm Adult-Jobber
and Charles Baroquely head up a new-and-improved list of NBA greats
SAVE
THE BOY SCOUTS
Formerly all-inclusive,
it's becoming the gay-haters' club
TASTES
GREAT, LESS FILLING
On the Condiment
Diet, weight-watching means never having to say you're sorry
OFF
TO A BAD START
Bush's global
"gag" rule on international family planning providers is bad politics
and even worse policy
RULED
BY DESIGN
Suddenly, everything
has been transformed into a sexy design object: cars, films, clothes,
even can openers
DOING
TIME
We all have a
million things we're gonna do someday--a day which is not clearly
marked on the calendar
WAR
IS DEAD CHILDREN
Memories of growing
up in Beirut
BROKEN
SHIELD
The folly of
National Missile Defense
HOLIDAY
IN ECUADOR
If Colombia is
our next Vietnam, the U.S. government is well on its way to making
Ecuador our next Cambodia
THE
WINNER IS...
Our prognosticator
spells out the future for the Ravens and Giants
THIS
FIXTURE IS ALSO FOR SALE
Web companies
were hardly the only businesses that suffered in 2000
FORGIVING
JESSE
Politics would
suffer if Jesse Jackson left the spotlight
DEREGULATION
DISASTER
Why consumers
shouldn't bail out California power companies
LET
THE BLACKOUTS ROLL
Blowing off the
fuses in California
LIFE
OF THE PARTY
Don't expect
Bill Clinton to go away
BEING
BILL CLINTON
As William Jefferson
Clinton prepares to leave the White House, the epitaphs for his
eight years in office are pouring in, from friend and foe alike
ASHCROFT
& ANTI-SEMITISM
In a speech at
Bob Jones University, John Ashcroft overstated the alleged role
of the Jews of ancient Jerusalem in the crucifixion of Jesus
FEEL
MY PAIN
Why, exactly,
did running seem like such a good idea?
HERITAGE
OR HATE?
In Confederate
flag debates, the true answer may be "none of the above"
VIKINGS
VS. RAVENS?
Our prognosticator
extraordinaire picks the NFL Conference champs
SCALING
THE HEIGHTS
Things to know
before you die
JUNK
DEALERS
Where do all
those direct-mail pieces come from?
FOREST
SERVICE
It's been a banner
season for land conservation
ORGANIC
TREAT
Finally the "organic"
food label will have a healthy meaning
TAKING
OFFENSE
When the playbook
incorporates racial slurs, it's time to call a penalty
KEEPING
UP WITH THE MARTHAS
As a new year
dawns, it becomes clearer than ever that Martha Stewart is the devil,
and that overachieving friends make it hard to improve your own
life
SMOKE
DAMAGE
How marijuana
ruined his life for the better
FOOD
FOR THOUGHT
What do you do
when your girlfriend's father presents you with a plateful of brains?
MERRY
MIXERS
Some festive
turns for your New Year's Eve drinking pleasure
MASS
CONFUSION
Church shouldn't
be like a monster-truck rally
PISSING
OFF WHITE FOLK
Why can't we
come up with a term that will make whites as angry as the "n-word"
makes blacks?
NOT
EVEN CLOSE TO FAMOUS
The quest for
fabulousness
SEASON'S
BEATINGS
Week 17 NFL picks
from our prognosticator extraordinaire Vikings vs. Colts
PEE
HERE, NOW
Like the crazy
general in "Dr. Strangelove," our whole culture appears to be obsessed
with our "precious bodily fluids"
THE
RIGHT AMOUNT
The Swedes coined
a word for having just enough stuff. Why can't we?
PERSONAL
BESTS
It doesn't really
make sense to order art forms into little Top 10 lists, but it sure
is fun
GOOD
CITIZEN SMOKESCREEN
Philip Morris
tries to wash away its sins in a sea of feel-good TV ads
STEAL
THIS ELECTION
An urgent call
for progressives to unite and fight a Bush presidency
W'S
COUP D'ETAT
The 5-4 ruling
by the U.S. Supreme Court blocking Florida recounts short-circuits
democracy and reveals the nation's highest court to be the ultimate
partisan weapon
PEOPLE,
GET READY
Those Democrats
are about to cave in, writes Michael Moore. But should we?
WHERE'S
WALDO?
It's not your
imagination: W. is shrinking
RECOUNTING
THE BATTLE
Will Durst names
the winners and losers of the Florida vote fight
LET'S
HAVE A RUNOFF
Australians do
it, Londoners do it, so why can't we?
WINNING
PROPOSITION
The pundits seem
to think judges create democratic legitimacy, when that really comes
from the votes
A
SUPER SOLUTION TO THE ELECTION MADNESS
Guess what state
the Super Bowl is being held in this year?
DEATH
DOES NOT EQUAL DETERRENCE
Capital punishment
is unethical and doesn't reduce crime
A
BUSH FAMILY SLIP-UP
The official
story is that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has stayed out of his state's
electoral fray. But his father thinks otherwise.
GOING
FROM BROKE
The disappearance
of poverty from the national political discourse reflects a deep
and abiding cultural amnesia
OUR
SO-CALLED PRESIDENT
Even if Gore
concedes, many of us will not be satisfied that George W. Bush deserves
to be president
MENTAL
CAPACITY
If Governor Bush
executes a retarded man as planned, it will put Texas in a despicable
league all its own
TRIUMPH
OF THE W
"President-Elect"
Bush demonstrates how hardball politics can take precedence over
the will of the voters
VOYAGE
AROUND MY MOTHER
Mom, alcohol
& me
THANKS
FOR NOTHING
Thanksgiving
is a myth intended to cover up an ugly reality
DIRECT
DEMOCRACY VS. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Arguments for
direct election of the president
HEARTLAND
HEAVE-HO
The presidential
election shows it's about time to cleave the country in two
DUBYA
HEARS A WHO
Come gather,
both big and small, to hear the tale of the voters who stood less
than an inch tall
RUTHERFORD
B. HAYES SPEAKS OUT
Our 19th President,
who knew a thing or two about electoral controversy, offers his
services as a talking head
FLIPPING
THE ELECTORAL COIN
Admit the truth:
Bush and Gore essentially ended up in a tie
PEACE
NOW
Hatred begets
hatred, death and destruction in the Middle East
WHO
SHOULD CONCEDE?
The Republican/media
demands that Al Gore do "what's good for the country" and concede
the election distort what really happened in recent U.S. political
history
FINDING
ACCEPTANCE
Look who found
a copy of Dubya's planned presidential acceptance speech
VOTE
SCAM IN FLORIDA?
Writers, conspiracy
theorists and underground culture icons sound off about the Florida
cliffhanger
THANKS,
RALPH
The real victory
in Ralph Nader's presidential campaign is the fact that it happened
at all
THE
BEST WING
Now that the
election's over, here are some picks we'd like to see in the Cabinet
and other key D.C. posts
SHOCK
THE POWERFUL: VOTE
As screwed up
as the system may be, you have the ability to change it
SURPLUS
LIES
The candidates
are battling over how to spend money the nation doesn't really have
TIME
TO GET REAL
What becomes
of us if Al Gore manages to lose this election?
STILL
UNDECIDED
As election day
looms, one columnist still can't choose a candidate
20
QUESTIONS
Important queries
reporters have failed to make on the campaign trail
WHY
GORE?
It does matter
THE
BRIGHT STUFF
Forget soft money
issues: The smart money is in electing intelligent candidates for
public office
BITE
ME
Halloween is
the gay world's highest of holy days
BUM
RAP
The establishment
wages war on the hardcore hip-hop of Philadelphia 76ers star Allen
Iverson. Here's what they're missing.
SUPREME
CHALLENGE
Who should nominate
the next justices to the land's highest court?
SLOVENLY
STRIKEOUT
What's up with
baseball players who don't know how to shave or dress?
BEYOND
FAITH & FAMILY
Why he's resisting
the New Morality
WORK
DETAILS
Workers struggled
for generations to secure the eight-hour day. Now high-tech serfs
compete to see who can log the most hours.
CRIMINALIZING
CHILDHOOD
These days, every
teenager is a suspect
PROTECTING
BUSH-CHENEY
While bashing
Al Gore at every turn, the national press corps has turned a blind
eye to lying and hypocrisy by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney
FORD
TOUGH
Killer SUVs should
be removed from the road
HOLLOW
MEN
The increasingly
black art of political compromise taints this election
DAMNED
IF YOU DO
A proud potty
mouth tries to curb her cursing
MET
THE YANKEES
A Subway Series
would be great for New York City, but what about the rest of the
country?
BELGRADE
IS BURNING?
History is being
made less than 200 kilometers away, but rumors are just rumors in
Sarajevo and nobody knows what is really happening
CLOSET
CLEANING
If you're thinking
about coming out this week, you have the support of millions of
others who've done it and don't regret it
TURKISH
DELIGHTING
The perfect kebab
isn't just a matter of the meat--it's also about the state of mind
ONE
M&M PLUS TWO M&Ms...
Commercialism
in schools hits a new high
HOW
TO BE SORRY
Sometimes doing
the right thing can set you free
CHICKS
FIRST
In praise of
the women's film
KIDDIE
KONSUMERS
Lost in the noise
generated by the FTC report on marketing violent movies, music and
video to children are the voices of kids themselves
WHAT
HAS THE IMF DONE FOR YOU LATELY?
That's the question
to consider as protests continue in Prague
THE
SHORT VERSION
Undersized women
are fondly referred to as "petite." Did you ever know a guy who
was--or wanted to be--called "petite"?
BAD
DREAM TEAM
Watch the USA
basketball team trounce the world in the Olympics? No thanks.
THAT
MOVIE-STAR SMILE
Adventures in
teeth bleaching
BRAVE
& CRAZY?
A lesbian columnist
questions Melissa Etheridge's quest to appear in Playboy
LAME
GAMES
Catch Olympic
fever and nobody gets hurt
NUCLEAR
VIOLATIONS
Prosecutors and
FBI agents who worked the Wen Ho Lee case seem to have a shocking--and
wholly un-American--disregard for the presumption of innocence
KNIGHT'S
ERRANT
In protesting
the firing of basketball coach Bobby Knight, Indiana University
students missed the point
REMEMBERING
MUNICH
With Palestinians
demanding control of Arab East Jerusalem as another Olympics kicks
off, it's time to look back at the killing of 12 Israeli athletes
in 1972
AIDING
AFRICA
A U.S. loan program
for African countries to buy AIDS drugs would create unsustainable
debt obligations
DEATH
BECOMES US
Why Americans
support capital punishment
GET
ON THE SANE PAGE
Women have a
lot to learn from the thought patterns of men
CLOSING
THE BOOK
Why homework
is bad for kids
NOT
DYING IN AMERICA
The pleasures
and perils of mushroom hunting
FLATTENING
FENWAY
Should Boston's
baseball palace be destroyed?
SEX,
LIES & STEREOTYPES
All lesbians
don't hate men; some just don't like how guys behave
WHITEY
IN THE BAR
How a night out
can change your--or someone else's--mind about race issues
WAGE
SLAVES
U.S. corporations
recruit cheap executive talent from third-world countries
COLLEGE
FOOTBALL 2000
It's time to
start yet another season of corporate football, played for free
HIGH
LIFE
An addict comes
clean on four decades of feeding the need
LIVE
LONG & PROSPER
Medical Savings
Accounts promise health, wealth and security. So why aren't more
people using them?
ABUSE
OF POWER
Would the real
Slim Shady please shut up?
LIFE
ON THE SOUL PATROL
Not all DJs live
the rock-star life of Fatboy Slim. Some are just misunderstood working
guys, drinking free beer to the sounds of "Le Freak."
BETTER
LIVING THROUGH PORN
...or what one
woman learned as an adult industry worker
FOOTBALL
FOLLIES
Who wants to
win the NFL?
TRUCK-DRIVIN'
MAN
It's amazing,
almost pitiful, what a chunk of metal can do for your life
CONFESSIONS
OF A SMART-ASS
One Mensa member
comes out of the closet and sheds some light on the high IQ society
POLITICS
VS. PORTFOLIO
The myth of socially
responsible investing
LUSH
TO JUDGMENT
True alcoholics
can't become moderate drinkers
LIVE
FROM THE DNC
Representing
the left at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles
THE
TRUTH SHALL MAKE US ILL
Collections of
lynching photos help us remember the way things really were
BEAUTY
CALLS
Diary of a swimsuit
contest judge
FAT
VANITY
Musings on the
tribulations of being more John Goodman than John Grisham
CON
AIR
The aviation
industry is failing to upgrade its maintenance and inspection programs
for aging aircraft, much to the detriment of passengers
CAUGHT
IN THE SPRAY
Taking a hard
look at the West Nile Virus hysteria in New York City
FEELING
THE BREEZE
Reminders of
the seductive power of summer nights
SAVING
LIMBO
Let's think twice
before we waste a perfectly good afterlife
A
WINK AT THE NOD
In loving defense
of napping
MINI
ME
Choosing a baby
name is a serious matter
PEES
& Qs
It's time for
women to get over their germ phobia and have a seat in public restrooms
MARRIED
WITH TAXES
Everyone hates
the marriage tax. But is the cure worse than the disease?
PIGSKIN
CLICKS
Listing the 10
most important people in the NFL
ON
DISPLAY
Men who ogle,
whistle or catcall don't care if women are married or widowed, if
they've been molested or assaulted, if they're gay or straight.
They're just a "possibility."
DINNER
A LA DISCO
Mexico's version
of the wok is a used agricultural disc that yields spectacular flavors
STRIP
MOLLS
Fashion accessories
for the tricked-out elementary school girl
IRONIC
CAPITALISM
Capitalists of
the world unite through new-economy advertising
NEVER
TRUST A SMILEY FACE
What's wrong
with Wal-Mart
MONO!
One woman's courageous
battle with The Kissing Disease
BIG
SCOOPS
She enjoys a
sundae kind of love
THE
COLOR FIELD
Skeptical minds
race into the debate over minority performance in sports
MEOW
MONEY
Contemplating
the worth of cats
IT'S
A MALL WORLD
What a girl wants,
what a girl needs... food courts with atmosphere
LOST
SCOUTS
In the weeds,
in the woods, up a creek without a paddle, it's clear that the Boy
Scouts have lost their way
SAFETY
DANCE
Parties are a
lot of fun--if you can dance. If you can't, the best thing to do
is grab a drink and a place in the corner.
AFRICAN
AIDS
Daring to care
about folks over there
FLIRTING
WITH DANGER
One woman considers
the complex dynamics of the Central Park wilding incident
LET
ME TALK!
The case for being
able to talk on a cell phone while driving
KILLING
THE INNOCENT
There are too many
questions of guilt on Death Row for executions to continue
BLASTING
THE BIG TOP
The circus doesn't
teach people about animals; it teaches people about the cruelty
of humans, an elephant charges
THIS
BLOWS
You do know how
to whistle don't you?
ALCOHOL
& KIDS SHOULD MIX
Why parents should
be the first bartenders
PREY
AT THE PUMP
The shocking truth
about high gas prices
TIGER
AMONG MEN
How good can Mr.
Woods become?
ROCK
'N' ROLL CLUBHOUSE
How
$240 million and one boy's dream created the most important music
museum in America
SLAMMING
SAMMY
Chicago has turned
on Sammy Sosa, but that's just because he was always the city's
rebound relationship
LET'S
GET A TACO
At America's ethnic
concept restaurants, we can swallow our cultural troubles with the
entrees
A
JOURNEY OF THE SOUL
One American journalist
attempts to document the real Cuba with a compassionate, yet unsparing
eye
SIMPLIFY,
SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY
Choosing a simpler,
more deliberate life can lead to greater peace and satisfaction
SUMMER
OF SAMMY
Trade rumors predict
Sosa will soon slug homers for the Bronx Bombers
TICK
TALK
A plucky tale of
survival from a camper infested with ticks
DEAD
RIGHT
Public opinion
begins shifting against the death penalty
GENETIC
SCOLD
A research biologist
offers ten reasons to avoid genetically engineered food
MORALLY
STRAIGHT
Boy Scouts want
to kick out the kids who don't fit in
REACHING
ACCEPTANCE
A man grows up
searching for his father's love
GAS
PAINS
Pumped up about
pump prices
CONSCIOUS
CONSUMPTION
The current trend
of excessive consumption may lead to a consumer culture that values
quality above quantity
THE
GRADUATE
A high-school senior
reflects on four years of bad proms, not-so-easy dates and people
having sex with cats
DEAR
JOHN LETTER
A friendly missive
to Mr. Rocker
OLYMPIC
SPORTRAITS
Meet some of the
lesser-known athletes competing in the Sydney Summer Games
PLAYING
HOOKY 101
Make the most of
your time when the boss is conference-bound
BLOW
HARD
Letters from your
loyal American leaf-blowing pal
PRIDE
OF THE YANKEES
New York baseball
fans have raised heckling to an evil art form
THE
GODFATHER
Looking after a
crew of two
CURB
SERVICE
If you must go
to church, why not drive through?
FIGHTING
THE BATTLE OF VIEQUES
How the U.S. betrayed
Puerto Rico with bombs and bribes
PHIL
JACKSON'S FIVE
Zenmaster Phil
is the only coach laid-back enough to handle the Lakers
INDIANA
VS. NEW YORK: NOT AN NBA STORY
She left a job
at The New York Times to go back to Indiana and write
SKULL-DRUDGERY:
THE CURSE OF ONLINE POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Like talk radio,
the Web affords the unarmed a low barrier of entry into any war
of ideas
MAD
AS HELL AND NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE
He's no Marxist
and he assures you he'll return to his totally irrelevant observations
next week
NEW
HOPE FOR THE REPAIR IMPAIRED
Confessions of
a do-it-yourself deadbeat
SMOKE
'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM
Lamenting the worthlessness
of municipal smoking bans
WALK
THIS WAY
Ditch your car
and go on foot
DOTCOM
DIARY
One hundred days
in the digital salt mines
DIFFERENT
STROKES
In porn mags, still
pictures run deep
ERROR
MESSAGE
Microsoft has performed
an illegal function and should be shut down
GENERAL
DISORDER
Bobby Knight is
the problem of go-for-broke sports fans everywhere
BODY
OF EVIDENCE
Giving some thought
to those final arrangements
IN
DEFENSE OF L.A.
She loves L.A.
for sentimental reasons
MOTHERHOOD
UNPLUGGED
The urge to procreate
is only the tip of the mommy iceberg
CUT,
DON'T PRINT
That Columbine
"training tape" added unneeded insult to injury
PORN
POSITION
This man can fulfill
all his fantasies in Utah
TAKE
THIS JOB AND...
The only thing
better than starting a new gig is leaving the old one
STRAIGHT-GIRL
TRAUMA
Every lesbian has
a bleeding-heart straight-girl story to tell
STUDY
BREAK
Finals are tough,
and nobody likes to study. So do this stuff instead.
MAGNETIC!
RESONANT!
Meet the man who
digs getting an MRI
FARM
AID
Why the DEA should
stop regulating hemp agriculture
PEOPLE
WHO DO THINGS!
TimmyBigHands presents
a series on amazing things--and the people who do them
LUSH
LIFE
A hard-drinking
writer takes the first step
BLIND
FAITH
It's not the dating
part of the blind date that's scary
AND
THE WINNER IS... FIDEL
Castro vs. the
U.S. is the world's longest-running political soap opera
NOT
GOING ANYWHERE FOR A WHILE?
Sixteen years for
a Snickers bar, while white collar crime gets you a slap on the
wrist
HOOP
DOUBTS
There's something
fundamentally wrong with pro basketball
NIPPED
IN THE BUD
Spring is enough
to kill a man with a broken heart
FOR
THE LOVE OF NERDS
They send flowers,
read books and know what to do when you cry. They just have a problem
asking you out.
PLAYING
THE KID CARD
The Elian Gonzalez
case reveals the cynical hostility toward children running beneath
the surface of American culture
REMOUNTING
THE PROTEST
If the nineties
were all about fifties conformity, maybe 2000 signals the return
of sixties radicalism
SELLING
YOUR BODY
Private firms race
madly to patent the genetic code that makes you you and me me
THAT
NIGHT
She says it's time
to bring the terrifying memories into the light
MEATING
OF THE MINDS
If we had to kill
and butcher our own Big Macs, those "billions served" would decrease
pretty dramatically--thank goodness that's not the case
ELIAN
INVADERS
Who are the real
dictators here?
TASTY
FUEL ALTERNATIVES
Pump prices getting
you down? Gas up on soy.
BRINGING
UP MOMMY & DADDY
Gen Xers face the
challenge of bringing up their Boomer parents
BOMB
CUBA NOW!
The happiness of
a child is nothing when votes are at stake
KILLER
CHOICE
Rather than restrict
gun ownership, Americans are willing to tolerate carnage
TAKING
CARE
Why we need to
create a care movement
THE
DEATH OF COUTH
A trip to a fine
restaurant can leave a bad taste
POETRY
VS. HATRED
Poet Glenis Redmond
takes her anti-Confederate flag verse to the South Carolina statehouse
A
REAL MOTHER OF INVENTION
If pregnancy isn't
a handicap, why give knocked-up women the best parking spaces?
BANK
ROBBERS
Why Congress should
crack down on rogue lenders
MAKING
ADJUSTMENTS
Tax strategies
for the savvy filer
HABIT
YOUR WAY
What to do when
you become known as the one who picks her toes in public
TAKING
THE WHACKS
Sometimes men are
victims of domestic abuse
SUN,
SAND & SEX
Spring break seems
to turn everybody into a sex fiend. So be safe.
FEELING
LUCKY?
Dishing about the
joys of sharing--and learning--at potlucks
MONTHLY
STATEMENT
After ditching
his credit cards, one man takes the plastic-free path
ICEBERG
TIPS
A financial planner
helps you navigate the tumultuous sea of Internet stocks
FALLIBLE
INFALLIBILITY
Why the Pope's
apology for past sins of the Catholic Church was bound to fall short
HANDICAPPING
THE DANCE
A certain Boston
barmaid offers her picks to click at the NCAA hoops tourney
LET
'EM PLAY
Modest proposals
to improve the NBA
CHAINED
REACTION
Why has our nation
become the United Police States of America?
FEELING
COCKY
A woman contemplates
donning a dick for a day
SAGE
OF AQUARIUS
Keep repressing
today's schoolkids and they'll turn out fine--just like the flower
children who came of age in the sixties
FIRING
BLANKS
Documentary crusader
Michael Moore shares his grief and rage over the Michigan school
shooting
EVERYONE
COUNTS
Step up and participate
in Census 2000
RESTRICTING
DEBATES
The Commission
on Presidential Debates, controlled by Republicans and Democrats,
squeezes third-party candidates off the stage
BLOWING
SMOKE
New cigarette ads
keep targeting young smokers
AYE
TO ZZZZs
Napping comes out
from under the desk
STRETCHING
FOR FIRST
Exploring the possibilities
for comeback kids in baseball
THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT LUCY
Casting a cold
eye on the rise of Asian starlets
THE
LIBERAL CASE FOR MCCAIN
A vote for pro-life,
anti-gay-marriage military hawk John McCain is a vote for progressive
politics. No, really.
ROCK
THIS, PAL
Examining John
Rocker's God-given right to earn your lasting enmity
DITCH
THE CAMCORDER
An unconventional
spring break checklist
A
NEW SENSE OF SAD
Charting the death
of romance in depression
FLIPPED
SWITCH
Public support
for executions may be waning, but the Supreme Court's decision to
keep the electric chair juiced proves the death penalty will be
slow to die
IT
ALL COMES OUT IN THE WASH
Scrubbing the linoleum
can bring memories to light
ONE
FOR YOU, 19 FOR ME
Has the IRS really
become kinder and gentler?
IRONY
IN THE FIRE
Prepare for the
post-irony era. And we ain't kidding.
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