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BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	Kerry's Health Plan: Coverage For (Almost) All As insurance premiums soar, and worries over joblessness take hold of many Americans, health insurance has emerged as a potent issue that could tip the balance in this year's Presidential election.
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Dunham & Miller	Doing The Swing-State Shuffle Bush and Kerry tailor their appeals to the economies of states they're wooing.
BusinessWeek August 16, 2004 Walczak & Dunham	Behind The Numbers: A Hidden Bounce For Kerry Undecided voters seem more impressed than ever with the Democratic presidential hopeful.
U.S. Banker August 2004 Matthew de Paula	Military Banking: Financially Distressed GIs Look to Banks for Help Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are hitting customers harder than banks realize, and the ripple effect is likely to be felt by the families of U.S. soldiers around the globe.
Reason September 2004 Matt Welch	Watergate Blowback Watergate taught millions of Americans about the dangers of government operating without sunshine. But Bush administration officials, especially those who lived through the scandal, learned an altogether different lesson -- that checks and balances can be distractions and handcuffs.
Reason September 2004 David Wallis	The Wrong Lesson Parents who value the First Amendment should steer away from colleges that censor their students. Hitting offending colleges in the endowment would provide dictatorial administrators with a valuable lesson, one they would not soon forget.
Reason September 2004 Jacob Sullum	The War on Fat The American war on fat is the latest manifestation of a collectivist philosophy that says the government has a duty to protect "public health" by discouraging behavior that might lead to disease or injury.
Reason September 2004 Nick Gillespie	American Slender A skinnier America may well be a healthier America. But if it comes into existence through politics rather than individual initiative, choice, and restraint, it will diminish the land of the free and the home of the brave in ways that no bathroom scale could ever fully measure.
Reason September 2004 Maia Szalavitz	Dr. Feelscared U.S. drug warriors put the fear of prosecution in physicians who dare to treat pain. While the OxyContin panic does not seem to have deterred addicts, it has scared doctors.
Reason September 2004 Brian Doherty	John Perry Barlow 2.0 The Thomas Jefferson of cyberspace believes that the combination of George W. Bush and the rise of "plutocratic" corporations requires direct political engagement, and that getting rid of Bush overrides any other personal or political concerns.
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