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March 2002 Issue - 23 ArticlesDepartments
- Letters, pp. 2-3
Features
- Tilting at Windmills
Charles Peters
, pp. 4-8 Outed Farmers... Plane Too Far... Careless Cooks... Philby of the FBI?... NEC's Shame.....
- Runway Inflation
Stephanie Mencimer
, pp. 9-11 How flying wedding chapels and Alaskan bush pilots landed a share of the airline bailout.
- Desperately Seeking Status
Hope Cristol
, pp. 12-13 With a clever lawyer, you, too, can start a 9-11 charity -and give nothing to the victims.
Departments
- Memo of the Month, p. 14
Features
- What's Love Got To Do With It?
Paul Offner
, pp. 15-18 Why Oprah's still single.
Departments
- Monthly Journalism Award, p. 19
Features
- Confessions of a Black Mr. Mom
Ta-Nehisi Coates
, pp. 20-24 One man's crusade to redefine African-American fatherhood.
- Designer Babies
Shannon Brownlee
, pp. 25-31 Human cloning is a long way off, but bioengineered kids are already here.
Departments
- Tidbits & Outrages, p. 32
Features
- The Broadband Militia
Michael Behar
, pp. 33-37 A new breed of underground Internet entrepreneurs could end the recession. If only Wash...
Cover Story
- Why Can't Democrats Get Tough?
Paul Glastris
, pp. 38-39 Bush's White House is partisan, imperial, and ruthless-but not invulnerable.
Departments
- Who's Who?, pp. 40-44
On Political Books
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Protection Racket (Review) David Cay Johnston
, pp. 45-47 How bankruptcy went from saving the average Joe to shielding the CEO.
- Debt's Dominion by David A. Skeel, Jr.
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Listening to Lyndon (Review) David Garrow
, pp. 48-51 The private agony of a president with no way out.
- Reaching for Glory by Michael R. Beschloss
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Living La Vida Loca (Review) Dave Nuttycombe
, pp. 52-54 Dean Martin's son shows that baby boomers learned self-indulgence at home.
- That's Amore by Ricci Martin and Christopher Smith
Political Booknotes
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Flirting With W. (Review) Ryan Lizza
, p. 55 Ambling into History, by Frank Bruni
- Ambling into History by Frank Bruni
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Lab Rat (Review) Phillip J. Longman
, p. 56 Science Fictions, by John Crewdson
- Science Fictions by John Crewdson
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Infinite Jest (Review) Jamie Malanowski
, p. 57 Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline, by Richard A. Posner
- Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline by Richard A. Posner
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Russian Toward Capitalism (Review) Derek Chollet
, p. 58 The Oligarchs, by David E. Hoffman
- The Oligarchs by David E. Hoffman
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Bad Company (Review) Jacob Heilbrunn
, p. 59 The Fifty-Year Wound, by Derek Leebaert
- The Fifty-Year Wound by Derek Leebaert
Departments
- Annual Political Book Award, pp. 60-62
- Cover Art
Fred Harper