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 * 07-25-02
   Volume I No. 01
   Mr. Anonymous { "Yes, I Am Truly Mr. Anonymous..." } 
    All ranters must have a beginning. Anonymous or not.
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 * Volume I No. 02
  07-28-02
   "Allen Iverson, Again..." 
     Perhaps what this NBA star needs the most, is a different outlook on life.
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 * 07-31-02
   Volume I No. 03
   Ted Williams
     A major league great has left us. But is what happens to his remains really a public matter?
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 * 08-02-02
   Volume I No. 04
   A Weird Plague of Kidnappings In The U.S. 
     Are we ready for serial kidnappings as primetime entertainment?
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 * 08-07-02
   Volume I No. 05
   Memorial At Ground Zero 
    Shall we build a memorial for the living? Or for the dead? That's the question.
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 * 08-09-02
   Volume I No. 06
   Moses Has Alzheimers 
    Whether liberal or Conservative, this silent enemy ruthelessly strikes our senior citizens. Charlton Heston is losing his mind.
     "Literally."
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 * 08-15-02
   Volume I No. 07
   The Great Elvis Myth 
     Elvis Presely sold an awful lot of records. But is his place in music history secure? Or a subject for further debate?
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 * 08-16-02
   Volume I No. 08
   The Rediculous Reparations Argument 
    The enslavement of African-Americans was a horrific injustice. But isn't the call for reparations a sad, misguided, waste
     of time?
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 * 08-21-02
   Volume I No. 09
  "Say Good-Bye, Congressman Barr"
    A vicious Clinton-hater goes down to defeat. Now, that's a reason to smile.
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 * 08-22-02
   Volume I No. 10
   Careful, What You Say"
    This Congresswoman from the state of Georgia, should have kept her conspiracy theories about 9/11 to herself.
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 * 08-28-02
   Volume I No. 11
   The Biggest Threat of All { Liberalism Is Not An Extremist Philosophy } 
     Despite the overblown rhetoric from the Right. Liberalism is not dead.Or dangerous.
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 * 09-01-02
   Volume I No. 12
   Augusta National, Professional Golf, and Women 
     This self-important old boys golf club is stuck in the past. Accepting change is just so difficult for some people.
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 * 09-04-02
   Volume I No. 13
   The Crushing Sanctimony of the Reverend Frankin Graham 
     Intolerance is nothing new amongst Christians on the Right. This firebrand preacher wants to take it to new heights.
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 * 09-06-02
   Volume I No. 14
   "No Dream Team, That Was..." 
     Why wasn't the best of the NBA on display at the World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana?
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 * 09-10-02
   Volume I No. 15
   Frank Sinatra and The Bird 
     Long dead movie stars in new commercials. Something about that just doesn't set right.
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 * 09-13-02
   Volume I No. 16
   The Wire { HBO, Blacks, Baltimore, And Other Things } 
     Blacks and Baltimore should be a good mix. On HBO that means drugs and sex. Drugs and sex. Drugs and sex.
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 * 09-19-02
   Volume I No. 17
   The Mysterious Oddysey of Bison Dele
     An eccentric NBA ballplayer. A boat, and the beautiful South Pacific. All the makings of an intriguing mystery.
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 * 09-24-02
   Volume I No. 18
   No Way Out { Madelyne Toogood and Her Self-Made Hell } 
     Not only is slapping around your child in public a bad idea. It's illegal!
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 * 09-27-02
   Volume I No. 19 
   The Imperial President and His Threatened March Into Baghdad 
     George W. Bush wants Saddam Hussein. Very, badly it seems. Is he really going to send in the troops like "Daddy" 
     Bush did?
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 * 10-01-02
   Volume I No. 20 
   CleanFlicks - Just Plain, Smells Bad 
     There is a legal concept known as "within the spirit of the law." This company seems to have never heard of that old 
     saying.
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 * 10-07-02
   Volume I No. 21 
   The Christian Evangelicals, Jerry Falwell, and The Jews In Israel" { Who Needs That Kind of Love? } 
     The Christian Right seems to "love" the Jews in Israel. But, upon closer examination, is this "love" an insult and a slight?
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 * 10-07-02
   Volume I No. 22 
   The Execution of Aileen Wuornos 
     This female serial killer was executed almost anonymously. Now that she's gone, her victims are still kist as dead. What has 
     society, gained?
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 * 10-11-02
   Volume I No. 23
   "Harry Belafonte! Harry Belafonte! What Was That You Said?" 
      Mr. Belafonte is upset with the "politics" of Colin Powell. But, is that a reason to question the retired general's "blackness?"
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 * 10-13-02
   Volume I No. 24
   Johnnie Cochran and the Unwelcome Halo of the O.J. Simpson Murder Case 
     The O.J. Simpson trial was an excellent example of a lawyer winning a controversial case, but losing big in the wider
     "court" of public opinion.
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 * 10-15-02
   Volume I No. 25
   Where Are The Muslim Voices of Reason? 
     Far away from the fractious Middle-East, Islamic terrorism strikes in Bali, Indonesia. The subsequent silence from prominent
     Muslim leaders worldwide, has been appalling.
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 * 10-17-02
   Volume I No. 26
   Who's Your Daddy? Why Don't You Know? { Paternity Fraud In America } 
     Many men have been the victims of a dastardly crime. It's called paternity fraud. Finally, the authorities are paying attention.
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 * 10-19-02
   Volume I No. 27
   The Killer Coward[s] 
     Deadly snipers are stalking the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Are they foreign born terrorists, or homegrown assassins?
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 * 10-23-02
   Volume I No. 28
   The Imperial President's Blind Eye on North Korea 
     Kim Jong II of North Korea is one strange man. And maybe he has nuclear weapons. But, Jong II isn't Saddam Hussein. 
     Perhaps, George W. Bush can handle only one murderous tyrant at a time?
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 * 10-24-02
   Volume I No. 29
   "Caught!" { God Needed A Rest } 
     The DC snipers have been apprehended. They were not Islamic terrorists. This pair were just a couple of losers.
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 * 10-27-02
   Volume I No. 30
   John Allen Muhammad - John Lee Malvo { The Case Against The Death Penalty For The DC Snipers } 
     The murderous DC snipers are safely behind bars. Now the authorities will seek the death penalty for both. The barbarism
     just goes 'round, n 'round.
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 * 10-29-02
   Volume I No. 31
  Vladimir Putin's Poison Gas Solution { What Is This Man Hiding Behind The Mirror? } 
     Silence. Intransigence. These are features of the old Soviet Union's style of dealing with crises. Putin's Russian authorities
     remained SILENT while former hostages died from a mysterious poison gas.
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 * 11-06-02
   Volume I No. 32
   "Disaster! Democrats Lose The Senate!" 
     November 5th, 2002 was a day Democrats should long remember. Less November 2004 be just as bad.
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 * 11-11-02
   Volume I No. 33
   Maybach / The $300,000 Daimler-Chrysler Prestige Automobile 
    A new $300,000 competitor for Rolls Royce arrives in America. Is it a sign of something good. Or of something bad?
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 * 11-13-02
   Volume I No. 34
   Osama Bin Laden - Dead and Alive 
    Has this twisted fiend met his demise? Or is he still shivering in a cave? No one { in the West } really knows for sure.
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 * 11-14-02
   Volume I No. 35
   The Unremarkable Death of Mir Aimal Kasi { Just Another Angry Arab } 
     If ever there was a wasted life. Mir Aimal Kasi's was such. He lived for nothing. He died for nothing.
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 * 11-19-02
   Volume I No. 36
   The Ten Commandments Display at the Alabama State Supreme Court 
   { Alabama Chief Justice Roy S. Moore and his Intemperate Proselytizing } 
     Does a 5,000lb "monument" to Christianity belowing in a public courthouse? No it definitely does not. 
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 * 11-26-02
   Volume I No. 37
   Duplicitous Allies 
     Both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia would like to be regarded as participants in the "war against global terrorism." But do
     they deserve our trust?
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 * 11-29-02
   Volume I No. 38
  Abusing Africa { Terrorism Returns to the Birthplace of Humanity} 
     Terrorist bombs planted by Islamic Fundamentalists explode in East Africa. The only question is why?
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 * 12-02-02
   Volume I No. 39
   The Incredible Dumbing Down of the Airwaves { Idiotic Sportscasts, Off-Color Newscasts,
   and No Escape } 
     If you have a feeling both news and sportscasters are aiming for the intellectually challenged. You would be right.
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 * 12-06-02
   Volume I No. 40
   Roone Arledge { A True Visionary of Television Sports Broadcasting } 
     One man re-defined the stagnant trade of sports television broadcasting, for a new generation. His name was Roone Arledge.
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 * 12-07-02
   Volume I No. 41
   The Whitney Houston Interview 
     Why, why, why, must a grown woman explain herself to the American public. Why?
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 * 12-09-02
   Volume I No. 42
   Too Late Comes Justice For The Central Park Rapists 
     Lousy - if not criminally inept - investigative techniques leads to bad prosecutions. And a public embarrassment for the NYPD.
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 * 12-10-02
   Volume I No. 43
   Who Does Trent Lott Really Stand With? { Sometimes Apologies Just Aren't Enough } 
    Trent Lott apologized for a making bad choice of words. But it is the sentiment behinds those words that is questionable.
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 * 12-18-02
   Volume I No. 44
   Speaking In Tongues { When Politicians Use "Code-Words" To Appeal To A Particular Constituency } 
     Politicians who use racially charged "code-words" had better beware. EVERYONE is watching - and listening.
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 * 12-24-02
   Volume I No. 45
   Where's A Good Old-Boy Segregationist To Go?" 
     Democrats used to own the South. Then all the good ole' boys turned Republican. The reason why is nooooo mystery.
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 * 12-28-02
   Volume I No. 46
   Brigitte Boisselier and the Cloned Baby Eve { What Comes Next? } 
    Cloned babies? For real or a fraud? Irregardless, the future comes nearer and nearer.
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 * 01-03-03
   Volume I No. 47
   The Disquieting Trend In Law-and-Order Television 
    Realism can be a good thing. But do we really need police dramas where the cops are immoral sociopaths and murderers?
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 * 01-10-03
   Volume I No. 48
   Who Won The Civil-War Anyway?
     Does "bring back the South" mean a return of the Confederacy? Given the attitudes of some good ole boys, it is to wonder.
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 * 01-14-03
   Volume I No. 49
   Standing Strong Against The Machinery of Death { Outgoing Illinois Republican Governor 
   George Ryan's Proper Choice } 
     The embattled out-going Governor of Illinois did a brave thing. He commuted the death sentences of ALL inmates on
      death row in his state. And his reasoning was sound, in doing so.
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 * 01-14-03
   Volume I No. 50
   Are Blacks Forever Out-Of-Place as Republicans? 
     African-Americans rarely vote in large numbers for Republican candidates. And the reasons for that may be BOTH political 
    and social.
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 * 02-04-03
   Volume I No. 51
   The Tragic Fate of the Space Shuttle Columbia { What Lessons Does History Have For Us 
   In This Time Of Doubt? }
    The loss of another space shuttle was a horrible tragedy. But in this time of solemn reflection, we must remember why
    seven brave astronauts risked their all.
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 * 02-06-03
   Volume I No. 52
   The Not-So-Subtle Message Behind Michael Jackson's Wacko Lifestyle 
     Weird? Out-there? Just plain crazy? What exactly is Michael Jackson trying to tell us?
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 * 02-12-03
   Volume I No. 53
  America - The Cowboy Republic 
     There's a cowboy in the White House. And he's a disaster for America's international reputation.
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 * 02-15-03
   Volume I No. 54
  The Clara Harris Verdict 
     An emotionally-wounded woman "murders" her husband by running him down with her luxmobile. And now she must suffer
     the consequences.
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 * 02-15-03
   Volume I No. 55
  Mix-Up At Duke University Hospital { The Tragic Death of Jessica Santillan } 
    Hospitals sometimes make mistakes. This horrible case illustrates what can happen when they do.
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 * 02-25-03
   Volume I No. 56
  Norah Jones: Borrowing Something Old, and Delivering Something New 
    A beautiful young singer wins big at the Grammy Awards.
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 * 03-06-03
   Volume I No. 57
  "MS...I'm Lost, I Can't See" { aka...MSNBC } 
    Cable channel MSNBC is having an identity crisis. With their new hires, now they've turned Hard Right.
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 * 03-08-03
   Volume I No. 58
  A Bad Day For Justice In America 
    Both Megan's Law and California's Three-Strikes Law are well-intentioned. But do they violate the Constitution?
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 * 03-13-03
   Volume I No. 59
  Pie In The Face For The Talking Heads! { The Vindication Of Richard Ricci } 
    The television talking heads were quite wrong about kidnapping sucspect Richard Ricci. He died in prison, never living to see 
    his name cleared.
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 * 03-18-03
   Volume I No. 60
  Bush's War 
    The President demands that Saddam Hussein voluntarily leave Iraq. It isn't going to happen.
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 * 03-22-03
   Volume I No. 61
  Shock And Awe 
    A new term has officially entered the lexicon of wat. In the meantime, the hostilities in Iraq have begun.
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 * 03-26-03
   Volume I No. 62
  CNN Moves Forward Without Connie Chung { Who's On Television. Who's Not. } 
    Connie Chung's painfully inept talk show has been cancelled. But, why was she given the opportunity to do a LIVE talk
    show when the one-on-one interview is what she is least accomplished at.
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 * 03-30-03
   Volume I No. 63
  Separating Truth From Fiction { Pausing The Iraq War To Bring In More Troops } 
     Is the Iraq War bogged down, already? 
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 * 03-31-03
   Volume I No. 64
  Peter Arnett's Big Mouth 
    This reporter crossed the line. And now he's gone. Fired!
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 * 04-05-03
   Volume I No. 65
  Jessica, Sweet Jessica { Opening Soon At Theatre Near You } 
     An attractive young female American soldier is rescued from an Iraqi hospital. Let the overblown hype and hero worship
     begin.
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 * 04-08-03
  Volume I No. 66
  Dead Journalists { War Is Not A Spectator Sport } 
    Journalists "embedded" with active troops engaged in combat in Iraq may be a good idea, quickly proven bad.
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 * 04-12-03
   Volume I No. 67
  Thank God No One Was Listening 
    Secretary of Education Roderick R. Paige and Republican Rep.Barbara Cubin of Wyoming both should be thankful the
    press is overwhelmingly focused on what is happening over in Iraq, instead of stateside.
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 * 04-16-03
   Volume I No. 68
  The True Face Of China { Unnecessary SARS Deaths Because Of The Chinese Government } 
    Secrecy. Secrecy. Secrecy. Even as people needlessly die from a terrible new disease. Secrets must be kept in China.
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 * 04-19-03
   Volume I No. 69
  A Half-Hearted Apology From Baseball Hall Of Fame President Dale Petroskey 
    Are two Hollywood stars who spoke against the U.S. government, anti-American, and bad for baseball? The Hall of Fame
    President apparently thought so.
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 * 04-22-03
   Volume I No. 70
  Dr. Henry Lee Television's Most Dedicated Forensic Scientist 
    A well-respected forensic scientist speaks in heavily-accented, broken English. There are many who might suspect his
    dramatic, colorful speaking manner is all for effect. And not real.
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 * 04-23-03
   Volume I No. 71
  Republican Senator Rick Santorum { The Latest - And Surely Not The Last - GOP Firestarter } 
    Insensitive, homophobic comments from yet another "conpassionate Conservative."
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 * 04-26-03
   Volume I No. 72
  Dear Evelyn, America Doesn't Even Know Who You Are 
     Other young women besides Laci Petersen have gone missing. Murder victim Evelyn Hernandez is one of them.
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 * 05-01-03
   Volume I No. 73
  Iowa State's Larry Eustachy - The Party Coach { An Incredible Display Of Bad Timing, 
   Bad Judgement, And Bad Taste } 
     A college basketball coach parties with undergrads. -- At an away game. He should have known better.
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 * 05-05-03
   Volume I No. 74
  Bill Bennett - Hypocrite Extraordinaire 
    This well-known moralist from the Right Side of the dial, has a gambling problem. A serious one.
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 * 05-08-03
   Volume I No. 75
  The Bizarro World Of Abe Pollin's Washington Wizards 
    Is there any NBA team that is more weird than this one? Michael Jordan probably doesn't think so.
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 * 05-22-03
   Volume I No. 77
  JFK's Monica { Annika Thank The Heavens We Did Not Know } 
     Did JFK also have an affair with an intern? And if he did, what does it matter now?
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 * 05-24-03
   Volume I No. 78
  Class Instead Of Brass { Annika Sorenstam's Triumph At Colonial } 
     Not everyone on the men's PGA tour was welcoming to this LPGA player.
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 * 05-29-03
   Volume I No. 79
  What Are Those Crazy Marijuana-Loving Canadians Up To Now 
     Our neighbors up North are set to relax their marijuana possession laws. It is any of our business?
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 * 06-05-03
   Volume I No. 80
  Hillary And Martha { One Who Got Away. And One Who Might Not } 
    These two women are relentlessly attacked in the press. Is their treatment  deserved? Or merely self-inflicted misery.
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 * 06-12-03
   Volume I No. 81
  Two-Grizzled Old Dinosaurs { The Deaths Of David Brinkley And Gregory Peck }
    Two old men have died. But they left their mark on society by lives well-lived.
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 * 06-20-03
   Volume I No. 82
  Mother Nature's Got A Plan 
    So many new diseases sweeping the globe. Maybe Planet Earth is trying to tell us something.
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 * 06-25-03
   Volume I No. 83
  A Muddled Supreme Court Decision { So, What Happens In 25 Years? } 
    Affirmative action was upheld at the University of Michigan Law School. Or was it?
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 * 07-01-03
   Volume I No. 84
  Chante Mallard Gets 50 Years In Hell 
    Texas has another showcase trial to demonstrate how cowboys don't tolerate no law-breakin.'
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 * 07-08-03
   Volume I No. 85
  First Do No Harm { The Failed Attempt To Surgically Separate The Conjoined Twins, 
   Laleh And Ladan Bajani } 
    Is this the one time when the doctors should have said "No! - We won't do it."
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 * 07-08-03
   Volume I No. 86
  Bumbling Bush
    Guerilla resistance in Iraq. And a State of The Union speech that contained a greivous error. Bush just can't get it right.
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 * 07-20-03
   Volume I No. 87
  He Said. She Said. { Kobe Bryant's No Win Situation } 
    No one knows what went on in that miserable hotel room. But everyone has an opinion.
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 * 07-27-03
   Volume I No. 88
  The Offending Game { Offending The Masses - In Iraq And Elsewhere } 
    We are the "Terrible Americans." Aren't we?
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 * 08-02-03
   Volume I No. 89
  Ann Coulter { The Divisive Hater From The Far-Right } 
    Compassionate Conservatism in the guise of a strident, venom-spitting blonde. This woman shows no love to the Left.
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 * 08-06-03
   Volume I No. 90
  A Little Bit Of Prejudice Goes A Long Way { Bigotry Against Palestinians And Arabs 
   In The State Of Israel } 
    Jews and Arabs fall in love and want to marry. Israel believes this is a bad idea.
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 * 08-14-03
   Volume I No. 91
  How We Perceive The Dead, The Dying, And The Recently Deceased 
    Are some human remains more "precious" than others?
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