Department Index
Hey, Wait a Minute 1997:
The conventional wisdom debunked.
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- William Bennett, Gays, and the Truth Mr. Virtue dabbles in phony statistics.
Dec. 19, 1997 - Quotas and Colin Powell The real story of affirmative action in the Army.
Dec. 14, 1997 - Nobel Gas Sure, Stanley Prusiner deserves a prize--for his persistence, not for his prions.
Oct. 11, 1997 - The Myth of the 500-Foot Home Run Do men always exaggerate the length of their long balls?
Oct. 4, 1997 - Theatrical Indecision Broadway is dead. No, it isn't. Yes, it is. No, it isn't.
Aug. 24, 1997 - I Smell a Rat Should we take seriously the new scientific "findings" that pot is as addictive as heroin?
Aug. 10, 1997 - The Stock Market Chicken-Counting Orgy How can everybody be 40 percent richer when the economy's grown by only 4 percent?
July 19, 1997 - Ken Starr's Secret How he knows that Whitewater is bunk.
June 22, 1997 - Trumpet Voluntary Doubts about the big Volunteer Summit.
April 27, 1997 - Taxing Your Credulity Forgive them their excesses. The current system is pretty fair, and it works.
April 16, 1997 - Heaven Can't Wait What's so crazy about seeking eternal life ASAP?
April 2, 1997 - Is The Kiss Really So Awful? Literary criticism turns into a witch trial.
March 26, 1997 - Abortion Apostate The media get suckered by Ron Fitzsimmons--again.
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