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Reason February 2003 John J. Pitney Jr.	Gone With the Vote For the GOP in the South, Reconstruction isn't quite over. A half-century ago, Southern Democrats campaigned by opposing color-blind laws, stirring up racial fears, and silencing those who opposed them. They still do.
Reason February 2003 Charles Paul Freund	Big Schlock Candy Mountain The many meanings of Mount Rushmore
Wired February 2003 Dan Baum	This Gun For Hire They're the State Department's private army, the Pentagon's smallpox task force, the IT squad for everyone from the FBI to the SEC. Welcome to the future of national security -- brought to you by Computer Sciences Corporation, a division of Homeland Security Inc.
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003	China Can Help the U.S. Tackle Its Social Security Crisis Much has been written about the looming pension crisis in the U.S., Europe and Japan, whose populations are aging. Wharton finance professor Jeremy J. Siegel argues that economic growth in China and the rest of the developing world holds the key to dealing with the impending crunch.
Inc. February 1, 2003 Eamon Javers	Storming the Hill Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the view from the field.
Salon.com January 21, 2003 Jake Tapper	The brains behind Bush A new book pokes superficially at Karl Rove, the "turd blossom" who orchestrated George W. Bush's presidential campaign and the GOP's November sweep.
PC World January 20, 2003 Paul Roberts	Critics Say Security Laws Sacrifice Civil Liberties Homeland Security Act's guidelines are too loose on the disclosure of online communications, some experts say.
Salon.com January 16, 2003 Arianna Huffington	Cold feet Eliot Spitzer caved to Wall Street criminals. Maybe he decided that taking on the most powerful people in the country might not be the best strategy for a man considering a run for governor.
CIO January 15, 2003 Stephanie Overby	The Ballots Are In Georgia became the first state to run an election exclusively with electronic voting machines, rolling out its new $54 million electronic voting system to every single county for the 2002 elections.
Salon.com January 15, 2003 Katharine Mieszkowski	Hollywood and Silicon Valley: Together at last? A new industry agreement on digital copyright issues says the government should stay out of enforcement. But it's a little late for that, says one expert.
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