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• Life's Odds and Sept. 11 No one I know personally was on the list. Why?
  David Plotz Oct. 10, 2001
  
• The American Yen for Zen How I fell in and out and back into love with Buddha.
  Martha Sherrill May 17, 2001
  
• Slate Does the Oscars A running roundup of this year's coverage.
  March 20, 2001
  
• Bush Unveils Faith-Based Missile Defense 
  Gregg Easterbrook Feb. 22, 2001
  
• Ballot Box: My Right Foot 
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 25, 2001
  
• Chatterbox: Save Your Lies for the Senate  
  Timothy Noah Jan. 25, 2001
  
• Today's Papers: Not Looking Gift Whores in the Mouth 
  Scott Shuger Jan. 25, 2001
  
• Extroverted Like Me How a month and a half on Paxil taught me to love being shy.
  Seth Stevenson Jan. 3, 2001