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• Can President Clinton Pardon Himself? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 30, 1998
  
• Who Gets a Presidential Pardon? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 30, 1998
  
• What's in the Evidence Room? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 30, 1998
  
• Are Republicans Ignoring the Voters? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 23, 1998
  
• Who Picks the Speaker of the House? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 23, 1998
  
• What Is Clinton's Perjury Defense? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 18, 1998
  
• Why Not Bomb on Ramadan? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 18, 1998
  
• Is There Cocaine on Your Money? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 15, 1998
  
• Can a Lame Duck House Impeach the President? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 11, 1998
  
• The Difference Between an "Agent" and a "Manager" 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 9, 1998
  
• Will Bill Ruin Wife's Bid for Person of the Year? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 7, 1998
  
• What is a class-action lawsuit? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 4, 1998
  
• Who Gets the Swiss Banks' Holocaust Loot? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Dec. 3, 1998
  
• How Many Iraqis Will an Airstrike Kill? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 25, 1998
  
• What's the Name of Saddam Hussein? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 17, 1998
  
• Are cell phones now cheaper than regular phones? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 13, 1998
  
• Is Medical Use of Marijuana Legal or Not? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 13, 1998
  
• Color Cartel 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 12, 1998
  
• How Blind Must Justice Be? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 11, 1998
  
• Can Anyone Be Speaker of the House? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 10, 1998
  
• Follow the Money 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 6, 1998
  
• More Microsoft Questions 
  Bruce Gottlieb Nov. 2, 1998
  
• What Does the Government Want From Microsoft? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 30, 1998
  
• No Shet, Shirlock 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 28, 1998
  
• No Relation No. 3 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 28, 1998
  
• How a President Raises Money 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 28, 1998
  
• Basketball Diaries, Part II 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 22, 1998
  
• Basketball Diaries, Part I 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 22, 1998
  
• Kosovo and Bosnia: What's the Difference? 
  Kate Galbraith Oct. 21, 1998
  
• No Relation No. 2: Wise Man Edition 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 19, 1998
  
• Why Do Reporters Ride Around in Limousines? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 17, 1998
  
• What Did Ken Starr Do Wrong? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 17, 1998
  
• No Relation No. 1 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 13, 1998
  
• IMF and World Bank: What's the Difference? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 8, 1998
  
• The Distinguished Gentleman 
  Bruce Gottlieb Oct. 7, 1998
  
• A Bustle In Your Hedgerow 
  Bruce Gottlieb Sept. 30, 1998
  
• The Three Horsemen of the Third Way 
  Kate Galbraith Sept. 29, 1998
  
• What Did Podesta Know and When Did He Know It? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Sept. 24, 1998
  
• The Thong Show 
  Bruce Gottlieb Sept. 23, 1998
  
• Fine the President? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Sept. 18, 1998
  
• Chicken Kiev 
  Bruce Gottlieb Sept. 11, 1998
  
• That's Monica S. to You 
  Bruce Gottlieb Sept. 9, 1998
  
• What, Exactly, Is the Cigar Story? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Sept. 3, 1998
  
• Who's Who and What's What in Russia 
  Bruce Gottlieb Sept. 2, 1998
  
• Can the President Bomb Anyone He Wants? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Aug. 27, 1998
  
• Is Mark McGwire on Steroids? 
  Kate Galbraith Aug. 25, 1998
  
• Is Civil Perjury Punishable? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Aug. 19, 1998
  
• Afghanistan: Who Are the Good Guys? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Aug. 17, 1998
  
• Why Bomb Anonymously? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Aug. 13, 1998
  
• Who Is Osama Bin Laden? 
  Kate Galbraith Aug. 13, 1998
  
• Is Clinton Investigating GOP Congressmen? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Aug. 11, 1998
  
• How DNA Testing Works 
  Bruce Gottlieb Aug. 7, 1998
  
• Preparing Witnesses 
  Bruce Gottlieb Aug. 6, 1998
  
• Who Is a Grand Jury? 
  Bruce Gottlieb Aug. 5, 1998
  
• Will Starr's Findings Remain Secret? 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 28, 1998
  
• Why Another U.N. Court? 
  Kate Galbraith July 23, 1998
  
• Whoops! Explainer begs Buckley's forgiveness 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 22, 1998
  
• Can You Sue Your HMO? 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 17, 1998
  
• What if your lawyer isn't really a lawyer? 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 15, 1998
  
• Why Different Remedies for Japan and Russia? 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 15, 1998
  
• Why steal famous paintings? 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 14, 1998
  
• Were Tripp's Tapes Illegal? 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 9, 1998
  
• What's the Big Deal About Kosovo? 
  Kate Galbraith July 8, 1998
  
• Gifts you can give the feds, gifts you can't 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 3, 1998
  
• New York magazines that matter 
  Bruce Gottlieb July 1, 1998
  
• Who Gives a F*** About the Yen? 
  Bruce Gottlieb June 25, 1998
  
• Why Do Investment Banks Go Public? 
  Bruce Gottlieb June 19, 1998
  
• Did Ken Starr Break the Rules? 
  Bruce Gottlieb June 17, 1998
  
• Antitrust: Who's in Charge 
  Bruce Gottlieb June 12, 1998
  
• No headline 
  Bruce Gottlieb June 12, 1998
  
• Death and the Lawyer 
  Bruce Gottlieb June 10, 1998