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PUSH HAS COME TO SHOVE

Cover Story | Beyond the fight-or-flight reactions to the Alabama Ten Commandments controversy, questions about strategy have gone undebated-here's a start ...

Separation at birth

Cover Story | Roy Moore has lived his entire life under a misunderstood-and misapplied-doctrine of law he believes needs to die

In this issue: "Ten Commandments showdown," Aug. 30, 2003

Features

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Prince Albert: a triple threat

National |  Just how much better this season is St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols than Barry Bonds? Just 30 points better by way of batting average. That translates to…

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Bad news Bears

National |  Memo to Dave Bliss: It's time to tell all. The embattled former Baylor basketball coach still hasn't given much of an explanation why he asked fellow coaches…

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Around the horn

National |  Forget trying to analyze the nine-player Golden StateÐDallas trade finalized on Aug. 19. Think of the trade from the perspective of Antawn Jamison, who…

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Report card

National |  The Kindergarten Cop and other candidates in California's gubernatorial recall race were quizzed last week by the California Teachers Association (CTA) as the…

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Union un-dues

National |  Forbes magazine's Peter Brimelow has called teachers unions "the worm in the apple." It takes an early bird to get the better of that worm; teachers who want…

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The educated everyman

National |  The American population today has acquired more formal education than ever before, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The…

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Bits and megabytes

National |  South Korea plans electronic voting in all elections by 2005. The Korea Herald reported that the plan would begin to phase in next year as part of a…

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Back in a flash

National |  Hundreds of people march into a bookstore looking for a nonexistent book. Others break into simultaneous applause in a luxury hotel lobby. Another crowd heads…

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Point, click, kill

National |  Two blockbuster PC games are coming soon-and their creators expect millions to snap them up. They're the latest in the controversial first-person-shooter…

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Out with the new, in with the old

International |  This troubled nation needs to return to its past before charting its future

Dispatches

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Quotables

People come to Williamsport to fulfill their dreams. The Rev. Gary Weaver at the wedding last week of Shon Muna and Clarice Briggs on the pitcher's mound of…

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BLOGWATCH

buzz from online journals of politics & culture

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The weakest link

The chain reaction that led to the Northeast blackout seemed to have started in the most regulated link of the system; still, some in Congress seem eager for…

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Techie flu

Headline-grabbing computer viruses and their Microsoft-loathing creators should push users to protect themselves

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TOP NEWS

1 terror's new target It was the blast seen 'round the world. As Japanese TV cameras rolled during an Aug. 19 news conference at the UN's headquarters in…

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Quick Takes

Choosy mothers choose suitors Many parents lament their daughters' taste in men, but Donna Wood of Southbridge, Mass., is doing something about it. Prompted…

Reviews

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Under London

Culture |  Dirty Pretty Things (rated R for sexual content, disturbing images, and bad language) is a gritty thriller set among struggling immigrants in London. Chiwetel…

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Range rovers

Culture |  August is a month for counter-programming, as studios often dump off their duds as the blockbuster season winds down. But the thinning release schedule also…

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Why we are fat

Culture |  As with other legitimate desires, Americans have lost sight of the purpose behind the appetite for food

Voices

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Code of silence

Why won't the IRS answer a basic question about tax law?

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'Monumentally patronizing'

A response to a New York Times column about evangelicals

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Harley's high honor

Students pick Sorensen column as worst of the year

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Mailbag

Already apostate In "Go forth and sin" (Aug. 2), you connected the current pro-homosexuality movement in some denominations to their decades-old practice of…

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