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PC World October 7, 2002 Michelle Madigan	Privacy Concerns Pushed to Front Lines Feds must explore, explain any effect on privacy by new policies or practices, under pending legislation.
Salon.com October 7, 2002 Arianna Huffington	The Iraq question nobody's asking No one in the Bush administration is talking about how many of our soldiers will be sent home in body bags.
Salon.com October 7, 2002 Joe Conason	Journal Supreme Court passes on case, and Lautenberg's in. Will Forrester run on the issues now? Plus: What Bush won't address tonight.
Reason October 2002 Brian Doherty	Illegal Education? Sandra and David Sorensen were recently threatened with prosecution by the San Juan Unified School District under California truancy statutes for homeschooling their 10-year-old son. But as often happens in such cases, the case was dropped before getting to court. So why do local school boards keep trying?
Reason October 2002 Jeremy Lott	Persistent Protesters The School of the Americas, recently renamed, is infamous for training dictators such as Manuel Noriega. But it may as well be regarded as an ongoing internship program for American political protesters, who have been demonstrating against the school for 15 years.
Reason October 2002 John Pike	Conventional Wisdom Any proposed convention center is a free subsidy to the hospitality and tourism industries, and the big labor that wants them to build it. As a result, studies that are commissioned to determine whether a center should be built always say, 'Build it.'
Reason October 2002 Jacob Sullum	Party Poopers You thought it was bad when you heard that you could lose your house if your son planted a few marijuana seeds in the corner of your yard. That was nothing. Under a Senate bill introduced last summer, you could go to prison for letting him hold a party where someone passes around a joint.
Reason October 2002 Jeremy Lott	History's Dustbin To help narrow an ever-widening budget deficit, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has scaled back his city's curbside recycling program.
Reason October 2002 Brian Doherty	I Spy Whether or not President Bush's Operation TIPS ultimately goes into effect, the Justice Department's initial enthusiasm for it, even in the face of public and congressional opposition, is a frightening sign for the future of civil liberties.
Reason October 2002 Sara Rimensnyder	Privacy Test In a small town, they say, everyone knows your business. A county judge in Iowa is pushing that tendency to an extreme by requisitioning medical information from a local women's health clinic.
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