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in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 28, 2002

Mark Bowden of Black Hawk Down fame chronicles the next U.S. military quagmire: involvement in the Colombian drug war.

in Books — by Gene Healy — on Oct 26, 2002

A remarkable transformation has occurred in American thought. It's one of those transformations that's imperceptible while it's happening, but seems breathtaking when looked upon in retrospect. I believe historians will almost certainly remark upon the 1990s as the linchpin decade that marked a radical shift in the American mindset.

in Books — by Dean Esmay — on Oct 18, 2002

in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 15, 2002

A people on the verge of war. An enemy rumored to be capable of using a highly infectious disease as a weapon. A risky but proven inoculation to prevent the disease. Public health officials who won’t allow inoculation for fear of its consequences. A leader named George. The United States, 2002? No. Colonial America, 1775.

in Books — by Sydney Smith — on Oct 14, 2002

in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 13, 2002

in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 11, 2002

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is putting up audio and video archives of the past 50 years on the net.

in Video — by Jim Carruthers — on Oct 10, 2002

in Books — by Eric Olsen — on Oct 08, 2002

in Books — by Steve Rhodes — on Oct 01, 2002