A cheat sheet for the news.

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• Is the Stock Market Too High? 
  J. Bradford De Long Dec. 22, 1996
  
• Kwanzaa 
  Carol M. Beach Dec. 14, 1996
  
• Same-Sex Marriage 
  Lindsay Sobel Dec. 7, 1996
  
• Balancing the Budget 
  Rudolph G. Penner Nov. 16, 1996
  
• Hollywood Stars 
  Judith Shulevitz Nov. 9, 1996
  
• Presidential Campaign Finance 
  Carol M. Beach Nov. 2, 1996
  
• Gulf War Syndrome 
  Atul Gawande Oct. 26, 1996
  
• Cryptography 
  David Plotz Oct. 11, 1996
  
• The IRS 
  Lindsay Sobel Oct. 5, 1996
  
• The Kurds 
  David Plotz Sept. 28, 1996
  
• Pop Music 
  Mark Jenkins Sept. 21, 1996
  
• Economic Sanctions 
  Franklin Foer Sept. 14, 1996
  
• School Desegregation 
  Eric Liu Aug. 31, 1996
  
• Who Pays for the Internet? 
  David Plotz Aug. 24, 1996
  
• The Biggest Tax Increase in History 
  Jodie T. Allen Aug. 16, 1996
  
• The Clintons and the Mob 
  Jodie T. Allen Aug. 3, 1996
  
• Welfare as We Know It 
  Douglas J. Besharov July 13, 1996
  
• Clinton's Drug War 
  David Plotz June 25, 1996