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BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	A New Governor Won't Fix What Ails California The recall shows that the mixture of money politics and direct-democracy provisions has made the state ungovernable.
Reason August 2003 Tim Cavanaugh	Account Balance Can the government really ensure "corporate accountability"?
Reason August 2003 Brian Doherty	Suspected Terrorist Multimillionaire John Gilmore is suing the government to remain anonymous. Is this the last stand for privacy?
Outside September 2003 Bruce Barcott	Eric Rudolph Slept Here The most wanted man in America survived five years in the North Carolina woods, eating salamanders, sleeping on the cold ground, and stalking deer. Or so he says. Spend a night in his secret mountain hideaway and you get the feeling there's more to this story.
CIO September 1, 2003 Christopher Koch	Backlash As a growing number of IT jobs move overseas, some CIOs and economists prophesy a political storm against offshore outsourcing.
CIO September 1, 2003 Ben Worthen	The Radicalization of Mike Emmons Until he was laid off by a company moving jobs offshore, Mike Emmons rarely voted. Now the computer programmer is considering a run for Congress.
Fast Company September 2003 Fast Company	Affirmative Action, Deciphered On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on two related cases that, together, posed possibly the most important legal test of affirmative-action strategies since the Alan Bakke decision in 1978.
Information Today September 2003 Dick Kaser	World Library Congress Denounces USA PATRIOT Act A International Federation of Library Associations resolution called for the repeal or amendment of the USA PATRIOT Act and similar laws in other nations.
Information Today September 2003 Dick Kaser	Sound Off for the Freedom to Read It's a sad day when the U.S. Congress needs to consider a bill called the Freedom to Read Protection Act. Introduced last March, this bill would exempt libraries and bookstores from some of the more onerous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Geotimes August 2003 Megan Sever	Climate change report reexamined One of the more controversial topics of the Bush administration's revised strategic plan for climate change research is the ongoing debate of how anthropogenic factors factor into global climate change. Discussion at a meeting this week between government scientists and the NAS proved no different.
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