Department Index
Assessment 2004:
Taking stock of people and ideas in the news.
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- Cheating Athletes Who dopes, why they dope, and who it hurts.
Dec. 10, 2004 - James Dobson The religious right's new kingmaker.
Nov. 12, 2004 - Yasser Arafat Survivor: Palestine.
Nov. 5, 2004 - Britney Spears The pop tart in winter.
Oct. 28, 2004 - Eliot Spitzer How New York's attorney general became the most powerful man on Wall Street.
Oct. 21, 2004 - Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines Don't blame him for the mortgage giant's scandal … yet.
Oct. 7, 2004 - Dan Rather The anchor as madman.
Sept. 21, 2004 - Kitty Kelley Colonoscopist to the stars.
Sept. 15, 2004 - Laura Bush Why liberals shouldn't like her.
Aug. 31, 2004 - Zell Miller Why the Democratic senator loathes Democrats.
Aug. 27, 2004 - Iyad Allawi Is Iraq's new strongman strong enough?
Aug. 3, 2004 - Jenna and Barbara Bush The party girls reconsidered.
July 23, 2004 - Isaac Asimov How I, Robot gets the science-fiction grandmaster wrong.
July 16, 2004 - Bill Cosby America's granddad gets ornery.
July 13, 2004 - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi The mysterious man behind the beheadings.
June 29, 2004 - Milk How a wholesome drink became a villain.
June 18, 2004 - David Brooks Why liberals are turning on their favorite conservative.
June 14, 2004 - Garfield Why we hate the Mouse but not the cartoon copycat.
June 11, 2004 - John Kerry's Long Shortlist Who he'll pick as his running mate and why.
May 28, 2004 - Douglas Feith What has the Pentagon's third man done wrong? Everything.
May 20, 2004 - U.N. Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi Can he save Iraq?
May 13, 2004 - Friends A great soap opera masquerading as a great sitcom.
May 5, 2004 - All Those Teen Actresses Where did they come from? Why are there so many of them? And how can you tell them apart?
April 29, 2004 - The Depressive and the Psychopath At last we know why the Columbine killers did it.
April 20, 2004 - The Kerry Tribes The seven factions fighting for control of his campaign and his presidency.
April 15, 2004 - Mark Burnett Saving the world one reality show at a time.
April 12, 2004 - Jesus Christ Choose your own savior.
April 9, 2004 - Former Sen. Max Cleland How the disabled war veteran became the Democrats' mascot.
April 2, 2004 - Scooby-Doo Hey, dog! How do you do the voodoo that you do so well?
March 26, 2004 - Socialists The zombies who won the Spanish election.
March 18, 2004 - Baseball Why it's always dying.
March 12, 2004 - George Soros Is the billionaire speculator the Democrats' most powerful weapon?
March 10, 2004 - Howard Stern The shock jock in winter.
March 2, 2004 - Sen. Orrin Hatch If this conservative senator isn't safe from conservative attacks, is anyone?
Feb. 20, 2004 - The Tragedy of Colin Powell How the Bush presidency destroyed him.
Feb. 19, 2004 - Hermetic Hotties What is Anne Carson doing on The L Word?
Feb. 11, 2004 - Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini Sistani Why we'd better listen to Iraq's influential cleric.
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