Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION

       ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       GEOGRAPHIC SNOBBERY AT HOME IN THE NEWS MEDIA

       THE GOP SHOULD SIT BACK AND SAVOR ITS VICTORY

       HIGH SCORES SHOULD GIVE OFFENSE TO BASEBALL FANS

       THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR

       PERPETUATING A USELESS DYNASTY

       IN SEARCH OF A GASOLINE CONSPIRACY

       BUSH’S FOREIGN POLICY WOULD BE AN EDUCATION

       IS THIS ANY WAY TO CHOOSE A VEEP?

       NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROTECTS CHILDREN

       THE UNSUNG HEROES IN LAND-MINE FIGHT

       GORE AND THE SURPLUS: WILL HE SPEND IT ALL?

       FOR WOMEN, A NEW MILLENNIUM BUT OLD BURDENS

       THE DEBATE LEFT PLENTY OF QUESTIONS UNANSWERED

       LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP ON THE DRUG WAR

       BUSH AND GORE ARE NECK-AND-NECK IN HYPOCRISY

       YOU TALKIN’ TO ME?

       ODE TO AN UNPAYABLE DEBT

       FREE FROM FREE SPEECH

       SINCE WHEN DOES RAPE EQUAL JUSTICE?

       THE NAKED TRUTH ABOUT LOS ANGELES

       OUR UNWARRANTED BAN ON POLYGAMY

       WHAT WE LOST — AND WHAT WE WILL KEEP

       PATRIOTISM IN TIME OF WAR

       A WAR THAT WE CAN’T AVOID — AND A WAR THAT WE CAN

       LUNACY ON THE LEFT — AND SOME SANITY

       SHOULD WE USE TORTURE TO STOP TERRORISM?

       IS JOHN WALKER A FAILURE OF LIBERALISM?

       SOME LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED

       GAY ADOPTION: IN A CHILD’S BEST INTEREST

       SILENCING DISSENT NEAR GROUND ZERO

       WRITING FOR FAME, PROFIT— THE EASY WAY

       DOES FREE TRADE BREED POVERTY?

       ‘DELINQUENT’ NO LONGER HAS TO FOLLOW ‘JUVENILE’

       BACK TO THE FUTURE ON GASOLINE PRICES

       ON INTERNET SPEECH, LIBRARIANS TO THE RESCUE

       EVEN IN SCARIEST OF TIMES, AMERICANS STILL PRIZE FUN

       SECURING A BIGGER GOVERNMENT

       APPEASEMENT MYTHS, THE REALITIES OF IRAQ

       TIME TO EVICT POLICE FROM OUR BEDROOMS

       TV, COKIE ROBERTS AND THE REAL SUNDAY MORNING NEWS

       RACIAL PREFERENCES: UNPLEASANT FACTS