The conventional wisdom debunked.

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• The Real Flaw in Hand Counts They're too accurate. 
  Edward Rothstein Nov. 21, 2000
  
• Jungle Fever Did two U.S. scientists start a genocidal epidemic in the Amazon, or was The New Yorker duped? 
  John Tooby Oct. 25, 2000
  
• Dead President-Elect  What if Al Gore or George W. Bush got hit by a truck? 
  Akhil Reed Amar Oct. 21, 2000
  
• Winning the Spin Al Gore has already won the post-debate analysis. 
  Richard J. Tofel Oct. 3, 2000
  
• The Spend and Elect GOP There's nobody left to say no to wasteful federal programs. 
  Steve Chapman Sept. 22, 2000
  
• My Classmate George W. He can't be president. He's not old enough.
  Charles McGrath Aug. 17, 2000
  
• Ass Backwards First they told us to eat fiber. Now they're telling us to forget it. What's a colon to do? 
  Emily Yoffe July 6, 2000
  
• Nobody Votes for the Veep It doesn't matter whom Gore and Bush pick. 
  Steve Chapman June 23, 2000
  
• Long Live Elián González Juan Miguel's choice. 
  Jefferson Morley June 13, 2000
  
• The Economics of Priceline And what Priceline says about the American economy. 
  Ira Carnahan May 20, 2000
  
• The Myth of Anti-Catholicism Or, how the establishment learned to stop worrying and love the pope. 
  Michael McGough March 24, 2000