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Volume CXXXIII, Number 18
March 1, 2002
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Hyperbole and speech
SARAH RAMEY
"I had to get up at the ass-crack of dawn." At 6:30 a.m., did the dawn's ass crack open and from this fissure you sleepily emerged? [read the article]

Respect all dissent
TODD BUELL
Liberal dissent-whether it's from Cornel West, Holly Hughes, The Vagina Monologues, Angela Davis-is always embraced and celebrated. [read the article]

The Red Sox, hip hop, and politics
CRAIG GIAMMONA
Hope and the illusion of gritty, hard-working underdogs beating heavily-favored hegemons are the reasons that many turn to sports as a source of entertainment.
[read the article]

The "Mean Girl" complex hurts
GENEVIVE CREEDON
As it turned out, I got really lucky with the nine girls on my team. None of them even remotely resembled a mean girl. [read the article]

Enron can teach us about finances
HUGH HILL
Senators pour invectives at those same executives who gave them millions. [read the article]

Tocqueville and wanting to do it all
INA HOXHA
Tocqueville's theory hit home for me when a good friend told me that I always put work before my friends. [read the article]

 

Olympian hubris
This year's Games were wrapped in the flag, at least through the prism of NBC's coverage. [read the editorial]

Cartoons
Herb the extremely unlucky possum
The West Pole

Security needs to straighten its priorities
I was dazed and disoriented, yet Security simply dropped me off and drove away. [read the letter]