E-mail debates of newsworthy topics.

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• Matt, Bill, and Monica 
  David Frum Dec. 13, 1997
  
• Fat 
  Michael Fumento Nov. 27, 1997
  
• Evolution and the Brain 
  Steven Pinker Nov. 19, 1997
  
• Reagan vs. Clinton 
  E.J. Dionne Nov. 7, 1997
  
• The World Series 
  Bob Rathbun Oct. 23, 1997
  
• Race in America 
  Stephan Thernstrom Oct. 16, 1997
  
• Al Gore 
  Bruce Fein Oct. 10, 1997
  
• Promise Keepers 
  Marci McDonald Oct. 3, 1997
  
• Mixed Marriage 
  Eric Liu Sept. 25, 1997
  
• Freedom of Speech vs. Workplace Harassment 
  Eugene Volokh Sept. 18, 1997
  
• Democracy in D.C. 
  David Plotz Aug. 29, 1997
  
• Air Time for Candidates 
  Barbara Cochran Aug. 28, 1997
  
• The UPS Strike 
  Thomas Geoghegan Aug. 16, 1997
  
• Government Power 
  Jeffrey Rosen July 31, 1997
  
• Mental Illness on the Job 
  Peter D. Kramer June 26, 1997
  
• Estate Tax 
  Bob Packwood June 26, 1997
  
• Right-Wing Journalism 
  Tucker Carlson June 23, 1997
  
• Rent Control 
  Jacob Weisberg May 24, 1997
  
• Artificial Intelligence 
  Daniel Dennett May 23, 1997
  
• Revisionist Feminism 
  Karen Lehrman May 1, 1997
  
• The U.S. and China 
  Gary Bauer April 24, 1997
  
• Truth and Crime 
  Akhil Reed Amar April 16, 1997
  
• Assisted Suicide 
  Michael McConnell April 11, 1997
  
• Welfare 
  Mickey Kaus April 9, 1997
  
• The Environment and Economics 
  Steven E. Landsburg March 28, 1997
  
• Capital-Gains Tax 
  Michael Kinsley March 12, 1997
  
• Gay Marriage 
  David Frum March 12, 1997
  
• Libertarianism 
  Charles Murray March 12, 1997
  
• Global Capitalism 
  John B. Judis Feb. 26, 1997
  
• Divorce 
  Katha Pollitt Feb. 22, 1997
  
• Camel and Needle 
  Peter Wehner Feb. 8, 1997
  
• TV Ratings 
  Nell Minow Feb. 1, 1997
  
• Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr 
  Michael Turpen Jan. 16, 1997
  
• Is Social Security Bankrupt? 
  Joe White Jan. 15, 1997