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December 2002 Issue - 17 ArticlesDepartments
- Editor's Note, pp. 4-5
Looking for hate in all the wrong places
- Contributors, pp. 6-7
- Letters, pp. 8-11
Living forever, child-molesting priests, art vs. technology
- Citings, pp. 12-17
Big fat idiots, the war on pleasure, hate and free-speech, free Kennewick Man!
Columns
- Wilting Greens
Ronald Bailey
, pp. 18-19 The World Summit on Sustainable Development disappointed environmentalists---and hearte...
- Ecumenical Intolerance
Cathy Young
, pp. 20-21 The sin of extremism is neither common to all Muslims nor limited to Islam
- Rant: Foreign Intrigue
Tim Cavanaugh
, p. 22 What explains the presidential urge to go global?
- Junkie Logic
Peter Bagge
, p. 23 Nothing tastes finer than a free cigarette
Features
- E Pluribus Umbrage
Tim Cavanaugh
, pp. 24-33 The long, happy life of America's anti-defamation industry
- The Experimental Economist
Mike Lynch, Nick Gillespie, and Vernon Smith
, pp. 34-39 Nobel laureate Vernon Smith takes markets places they've never been before
- Special Education Confidential
Lisa Snell
, pp. 40-45 How schools use the "learning disability" label to cover up their failures
Culture & Reviews
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Woe is Media (4 Reviews) Matt Welch
, pp. 46-50 It's time to save journalism from its saviors
- The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel
- The News About the News by Leonard Downie, Jr. and Robert G. Kaiser
- Into the Buzzsaw by Kristina Borjesson
- The Last Editor by Jim Bellows
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Great Escapism (Review) Chris Mooney
, pp. 51-53 J.R.R. Tolkien's preindustrial fantasy feeds postindustrial entertainment
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Fusion Power (Review) Brian Doherty
, pp. 54-58 Why only two parties is no fun
- The Tyranny of the Two-Party System by Lisa Jane Disch
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Mustering the Little Platoons (Review) John McClaughry
, pp. 59-63 One mayor's attempt to create active citizens
- Putting Faith in Neighborhoods by Stephen Goldsmith
- Memory Hole
Charles Paul Freund
, pp. 64-65 Why the left wants to forget Uncle Joe
- Artifact: Towering Stupidity
Charles Paul Freund
, pp. 66-68 9/11, "great" art, and the mass murder of Americans