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Salon.com September 5, 2002 Arianna Huffington	The return of voodoo economics The policies once blasted by the president's father have become the centerpiece of the current administration's economic policy.
Salon.com September 6, 2002 Susan McCarthy	Classroom karaoke If California schools keep the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, there will be kids like I was, who will remain silent, move their lips and hope that patriotic peers don't catch them.
Salon.com September 5, 2002 Eric Boehlert	The armchair general He's been beating the drums of war for a decade. Can Beltway hawk Richard Perle finally persuade the U.S. to wage war with Iraq?
Salon.com September 5, 2002 Andrew Sullivan	Isn't it Rich? It's fine for liberals to oppose a war with Iraq. But they shouldn't lie about why and when President Bush began to advocate it.
Salon.com September 4, 2002 Robert Scheer	Dick Cheney's dream Taking care of Saddam might also take care of Halliburton.
Salon.com September 4, 2002 Carina Chocano	Arab-Americans, one year later A new PBS documentary delicately explores the lives of "100 percent American, 100 percent Arab" citizens, who find themselves permanent outsiders in a season of war.
Salon.com September 3, 2002 Arianna Huffington	Back to school Liberals champion reform of America's broken healthcare system, but resist change in America's schools.
Reason August 2002 Jacob Sullum	Anti-Drug Anxiety Trouble at the propaganda mill: In May a study finding that government anti-drug propaganda has not reduced teenagers' drug use prompted sniping between the drug warriors who commission the messages and the admen who create them.
Reason August 2002 Mike Lynch	Wine Fine The price of drink: Not one state allows small vintners to bypass the first middlemen and sell wine directly to retailers. The protectionist regimes are generally safe in state legislatures, but they are coming under increasing attack through the courts and the Internet.
Reason August 2002 Jacob Sullum	Second Thoughts John Ashcroft's Second Amendment position, even if adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court, is not likely to have practical consequences anytime soon.
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