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Social Pseudoscience Social Pseudoscience

Every five years the psychologist Judith Wallerstein updates her ongoing study of 131 children whose parents were going through divorce in Marin County, California, in 1971, an...

Oct 5, 2000 / Column / Katha Pollitt

House Finches House Finches

To watch the pair of house finches that frequent the neighbor's feeder, I leave the charcoal blinds pulled up. The berry-splashed chest of the male-- each morning--make...

Oct 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / John Poch

Influence Peddling, Bush Style Influence Peddling, Bush Style

Democrats weren't the only ones who benefited from knowing wealthy Asians.

Oct 5, 2000 / Feature / David Corn and Dan Moldea

A One and a Two A One and a Two

I have two films to tell you about in this column, one of which I recommend to your attention because it's beautiful, absorbing, touching and droll. It will involve you in the ch...

Oct 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Former Yugoslavia The Former Yugoslavia

During the Kosovo crisis of last year, it was commonplace if not routine to hear two mantras being intoned by those who had decided that "never" would be about the right ...

Oct 5, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Oil on Political Waters Oil on Political Waters

The old politics of oil has resurfaced to add a nervous flutter to Election 2000 and also to revive an enduring question of modern industrial life--what is the right price for oi...

Oct 5, 2000 / William Greider

The Cartography of Death The Cartography of Death

Certainly...get him hanged! Why not? Anything--anything can be done in this country. --Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness So here we are, barely into the next century, and...

Oct 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt

Pill of Choice Pill of Choice

It took twelve years for the FDA to approve mifepristone--also known as RU-486--and most of that time had less to do with medicine than with the politics of abortion. Still, th...

Oct 5, 2000 / The Editors

Debaters’ Points Debaters’ Points

Little ventured, little gained--the first Gore-Bush debate featured both candidates at their usual. No breakouts, no bold thrusts. The face-off reflected the narrow parameters ...

Oct 5, 2000 / David Corn

Mary Cheney Just Might Teach the Right a Lesson Mary Cheney Just Might Teach the Right a Lesson

Let's give up some applause for Dick Cheney for affirming in deed, if not words, that homosexuality is perfectly consistent with traditional family values. The decision for a Rep...

Oct 3, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

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