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Coming together for all the right reasons

Cover Story | Political enemies work side by side to end the international sex trade

There ought to be a law

Cover Story | This month Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) plan to introduce legislation in the Senate to tighten U.S. laws on sexual trafficking. Sen. Brownback says, "It would be very defeatist of us to say that this is a problem, and we are not ever going to deal adequately with it. I think raising the issue and raising the stature of it will have an impact." Already a bill is making its way through the House. Both measures aim to: tighten prosecution and sentencing

No Sale

Cover Story | A worldwide "slave trade" in women and children meets its match in computer-age abolitionists

In this issue: "The new slave trade," March 25, 2000

Features

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Let the games begin

National |  Will Gates conquer Nintendo, Sony, and Sega? Will digital conquer film? Will Buffett conquer high-tech?

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Looking to November

National |  Anticlimactic Southern races set the stage for the two parties, but McCain remains a wild card

Dispatches

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Quotables

I had intended to make a big contribution to the Whitney in my will, but not now. This is a horrible work. I can't even call it 'art.' Heiress Marylou…

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The Buzz

Judge blocks vouchers; private money to help Choice survives In 1963, Alabama Gov. George Wallace stood in a schoolhouse door in a failed attempt to keep…

Reviews

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Darwin's dirty secret

Culture |  Evolution and its moral implications-including the "scientific" basis for rape-come as a package deal

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The Oscars

Culture |  The 5 nominees for the Academy Award for best picture of 1999

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Bestsellers

Culture |  The five best-selling hardcover novels as measured by placement on four leading lists as of March 14

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God, the networks, and Bob

Culture |  Taking the name of the Lord thy God in a cartoon comedy

Voices

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Looking for No. 2

The veep must contribute both to winning and governing

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Mailbag

Two fine breakdowns I enjoyed Marvin Olasky's reflections on the "One fine day" (Feb. 26) his and his wife's computer broke down. It was an interesting look…

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Uncommon cause

Why did the NAE rescue the NCC from irrelevance?

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In an ideal world

But the problem for Howard Phillips always is that it isn't

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