The conventional wisdom debunked.

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• How the Church Went Wrong The real problem with Cardinal Law.
  Andrew Bushell Dec. 19, 2002
  
• Dead Wood The lousy economics of Bush's new forest policy.
  Douglas Gantenbein Dec. 4, 2002
  
• The Myth of Potent Pot The drug czar's latest reefer madness: He claims that marijuana is 30 times more powerful than it used to be.
  Daniel Forbes Nov. 19, 2002
  
• Don't Blame the Exit Polls They didn't cause Election Night problems on Tuesday or in 2000.
  Martin Plissner Nov. 7, 2002
  
• Smokey the Businessman Only you can make millions preventing forest fires.
  Douglas Gantenbein June 13, 2002
  
• The Socialist Economics of College Tuition Why elite universities charge $38,000 per year, and why they don't expect you to pay it.
  Peter Scheer May 30, 2002
  
• Checking Out the Checkpoints The curious irrationality of airport security.
  Malcolm Gladwell April 11, 2002