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Scrolling down is usually necessary to locate a particular essay.</b></div> <bR> <div> Academic absurdity (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Accounting profession</div> <div> litigation (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 2/20/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>3/14/02</U></A>)</div> <div> negligence and fraud (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/26/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/20/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 6/29/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>7/20/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> separation of audit and non-audit work (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/18/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/5/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>3/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Adoption (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 8/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Affirmative Action, <I>Grutter</I> and <I>Gratz</I> cases (<A HREF="id427_june_24_2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2003)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/24/03</U></A>)</div> <div> AIDS in communist China (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Airport security</div> <div> effectiveness (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/1/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>10/21/01</U></A>, <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>3/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> profiling (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/11/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>3/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Secret Service-American Airlines dispute (Ephemerides, <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Alterman, Eric, objections to Jewish immigration to the West Bank (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> American Civil War, alternative outcomes (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 5/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> American decline, left-wing theories of (<A HREF="id331.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (July 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 7/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> <I>The American Spectator</I> (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/25/01</U></A>)</div> <div> AmeriCorps, failures of (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 5/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Animal Liberation Front (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Animals, man's relationship to (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 1/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Antisemitism</div> <div> Christian doctrine and (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 2/9/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>2/18/02</U></A>)</div> <div> European news media (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/1/01</U></A>)</div> <div> exploitation by European Left (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> revival in Europe (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/9/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>5/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Ants, wars among (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 4/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Arthur Andersen LLP</div> <div> Enron document shredding (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> indictment of (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 3/11/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>3/14/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>4/3/02</U></A>)</div> <div> trial and conviction of (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 6/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Ashcroft, John, action against terrorism (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Asimov, Isaac</div> <div> on daylight saving time and the metric system (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> al-Qaeda, "inspiration" of (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/11/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Australia</div> <div> brush fires (December 2001) (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/27/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>12/30/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> support of Israel in Geneva (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/5/01</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Balanced budgets, change in conservative position on (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 9/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Baseball, labor-management disputes (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 8/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Bellesiles, Michael (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/5/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Berkeley, University of California at, pro-Palestinian course offering (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Biblical prophecy (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 4/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Biden, Sen. Joseph (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/24/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Birthdays (<A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (November December 2001)"><U>Et Cetera, 11/21/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Blog parlor games</div> <div> Belief System Selector (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 3/24/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Ethical Philosophy Selector (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 2/23/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Which Calvin Are You? (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 3/24/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Which D&D Character Are You? (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Which Giant Death Robot Are You? (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 3/24/02</U></A>)</div> <div> British Broadcasting Company</div> <div> bias (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/1/01</U></A>)</div> <div> political correctness (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/2/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Buhle, Paul (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 6/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Bush, George W.</div> <div> generalship (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/12/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>12/23/01</U></A>)</div> <div> leftist attacks on (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Palestinian peace proposals (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/24/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>6/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "wobbling" (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/15/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> California, energy policies of (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Campaign finance reform (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 2/12/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/18/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Carter, Jimmy, winner of 2002 Fisk Award (<A HREF="id398.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2003)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/5/03</U></A>)</div> <div> Cash balance pension plans (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/23/02</U></A>)</div> <div> <I>Challenger</I> disaster (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 1/29/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Charles I, King of England (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 1/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Chechen terrorism (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/29/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Cheney, Richard, and Halliburton "accounting scandal" (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 7/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Chicago in 2010 (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/11/01</U></A>)</div> <div> China, Peoples Republic of, and AIDS (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Christianity</div> <div> modern challenges to (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 5/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "normal times" for (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 7/4/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Christmas, secularist attitude toward (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 12/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Church and State, separation of (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Civil liberties, impact of war on (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/24/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Clerical celibacy (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 6/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Clinton, William J.</div> <div> anti-terrorist strategy (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/3/01</U></A>)</div> <div> character (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/8/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Korean policy (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Middle Eastern policy (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> repetition of Hunt libels (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/12/01</U></A>)</div> <div> self-pity (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/1/02</U></A>)</div> <div> views concerning War on Terror (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/8/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/9/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/10/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Cloning</div> <div> Left-Right alliance against (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 2/25/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> libertarian enthusiasm for (<A HREF="id260_january_25_2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> moral considerations (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> relationship of debate to religion (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "usefulness" of (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/28/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Commonwealth, English (1649-1660) (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 1/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Conagerie (2002 Westercon) (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 7/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Congress, predictions for the 2003 session (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Congressional elections (2002) (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/6/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 11/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> ConJosé (2002 World Science Fiction Convention)</div> <div> internal discord (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 3/16/02</U></A>)</div> <div> report on (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Conservatism, realignments within (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Constantinople, Fall of (May 29, 1453) (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 5/29/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Cooperative Threat Reduction Act ("Nunn-Lugar") (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Corporate inversions (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Council on American-Islamic Relations</div> <div> American Airlines-Secret Service dispute (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> phony polling (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/16/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Council on National Policy, alleged center of right-wing conspiracy (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Counter-Enlightenment (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/4/01</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Daschle, Sen. Tom</div> <div> defense policy (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> economic proposals (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> obstructionism (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on "politicization" of the war (<A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 9/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on possible fraud in South Dakota Senate race (2002) (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> universal Internet access proposals (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Däubler-Gmelin, Herta ("<I>das Hassefrau</I>") (<A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 9/19/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>9/20/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>9/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Dawkins, Richard (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 5/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Daylight Saving Time (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Deloitte & Touche LLP (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 3/21/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Democratic National Committee, left-wing extremists and (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Democratic Party</div> <div> economic policies of (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> future direction of (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/6/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 11/14/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "professionalism" of (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/12/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>10/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Democrats.com (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Lunar exploration, denunciation of (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/23/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Deregulation and Enron's collapse (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/18/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Dershowitz, Alan, exculpation of Osama bin-Laden (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/17/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Diamond Mind Baseball (<A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (November December 2001)"><U>Et Cetera, 11/30/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Digital Millennium Copyright Act (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 4/9/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>4/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> <I>The Dish</I> (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 10/8/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Disney, Walt (<A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (November December 2001)"><U>Et Cetera, 12/5/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Dispensationalism (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 4/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Ditto 14/Fanhistoricon (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 10/14/0</U></A><A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>1</U></A>)</div> <div> "Diversity" in the work place (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/21/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Dollar coins (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/5/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Earth, ultimate fate of (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 1/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Earth Liberation Front (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Economic recovery</div> <div> predictions for 2003 (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> policies to promote (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 9/26/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/7/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>10/12/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Eco-terrorism (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Edgar, Bob (general secretary, National Council of Churches) and Saddam Hussein (<A HREF="id398.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2003)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/5/03</U></A>)</div> <div> Effinger, George Alec (1947-2002) (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 5/4/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Election fraud, South Dakota Senate election (2002) (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Employee stock ownership (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/11/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Energy policy</div> <div> Alaskan oil drilling (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> California, failure of state regulation (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> consultation with businessmen (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 3/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Enron Corporation</div> <div> appointment of independent pension fiduciary (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 4/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> campaign contributions (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 2/12/02</U></A>)</div> <div> deregulation and (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/18/02</U></A>;<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U> 2/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> document shredding (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> executive compensation (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/24/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> and Paul Krugman (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/22/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/26/02</U></A>;)</div> <div> pension plan (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/24/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> reasons for collapse (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 2/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Environmental policy</div> <div> Alaskan oil drilling (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Estate tax, repeal of (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Europe and Ameica (<A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 9/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> European Union</div> <div> anti-Americanism (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/4/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>3/28/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>9/6/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>10/24/02</U></A>)</div> <div> defects (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/4/02</U></A>)</div> <div> future development (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> metric system, enforcement of (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Moslem immigration (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Evolution and intelligent design (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 5/1/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Executive compensation, tax treatment of (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/24/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/7/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Federal Election Commission, campaign finance regulations (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/18/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Fictionwise (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/7/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Fisk Award to Jimmy Carter (<A HREF="id398.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2003)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/5/03</U></A>)</div> <div> Florida election contest (2000)</div> <div> discrimination against Republican voters (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/12/01</U></A>)</div> <div> left-wing hysteria (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> media "recounts" (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/11/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/12/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/15/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/21/01</U></A>)</div> <div> "moving on" (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/12/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Food taboos (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 1/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/24/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Fortuyn, Pim, assassination of (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> 401(k) plans</div> <div> "blackout" periods (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 2/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> diversification of assets (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/11/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>3/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> legislative proposals (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/11/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> France, Presidential election (2002) (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/23/02</U></A>)</div> <div> French intellectuals, deployment of against Taliban (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 3/18/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Geneva Convention on Human Rights</div> <div> condemnation of Israel (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/5/01; 12/7/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Germany, Parliamentary election (2002) (<A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 9/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Giuliani, Rudolph (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/23/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Goldberg, Jonah, attacks on libertarianism (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/19/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Gore, Al, prospects as a 2004 Presidential candidate (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/13/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/19/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>12/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Gun control</div> <div> <I>Arming America</I> controversy (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/5/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> political impact (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/21/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Halliburton Co., allege 1998 accounting scandal (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 7/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Hamas (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/2/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Harry Potter, personality test based on (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 12/14/02</U></A>)</div> <div> <I>Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone</I> (movie) (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 12/22/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Health care</div> <div> drug price controls (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/16/02</U></A>)</div> <div> universal health care proposals (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch,9/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Hispanic-Americans, impact on U.S. politics (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/12/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>11/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Homeland Security, Department of (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 11/21/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>12/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Homosexuality and same-sex "marriage" (<A HREF="id427_june_23_2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2003)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/23/03</U></A>)</div> <div> Hugo Awards</div> <div> Awards Ceremony (2002) (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Best Novel (2002), nominees (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 6/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Best Novella recommendation for 2002 (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 1/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Best Short Story (2002) nominees (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 7/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Fiction winners (2002) (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Rowling, J.K., and (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 10/3/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Hunt, Al</div> <div> on adoption policies (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 8/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on baseball's labor problems (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 8/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on Democratic strategy (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 11/14/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on Department of Homeland Security (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 11/21/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>12/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on economic recovery (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 9/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on Al Gore's "political comeback" (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on government support of volunteerism (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 5/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on health care in the U.S. (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch,9/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on investigation of pre-9/11 intelligence failures (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 5/23/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on John Ashcroft's anti-terrorist efforts (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> libels against Republicans (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/29/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>12/12/01</U></A>)</div> <div> on moderate Republicans (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 12/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on New Jersey Senate election (2002) (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 10/3/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on President Bush's corporate reform proposals (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on Russian weapons of mass destruction (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on Saddam Hussein (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/20/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>8/1/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>9/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on South Dakota Senate and House elections (2002) (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 10/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on tax relief (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 9/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on 2002 election results (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 11/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on voter turnout (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 8/29/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on the War on Terror (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch 9/12/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on welfare reform (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/27/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Illinois gubernatorial election (2002) (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/24/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Insider trading (<A HREF="id331.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (July 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 7/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Intelligent design and evolution (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 5/1/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Interacton (2005 World Science Fiction Convention) (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Internal Revenue Service, relationship to the President (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/14/02</U></A>)</div> <div> International Criminal Court (<A HREF="id331.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (July 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 7/9/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id331.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (July 2002)"><U>7/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Internet</div> <div> anonymity (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/4/01</U></A>)</div> <div> customer service (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 1/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> universal access (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Iraq</div> <div> deposition of Saddam Hussein (before the fact) (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/20/02</U></A>;<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U> 8/1/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>9/5/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/11/02</U></A>, <A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>8/17/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>9/16/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>11/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> predictions for 2003 (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Irish Republican Army (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Islam</div> <div> American attitudes toward (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> immigration of Moslems to Europe (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> martyrdom, concept of (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 3/12/02</U></A>)</div> <div> modernization of (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 7/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> origins and early history (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 12/8/01</U></A>)</div> <div> secular Islam (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/3/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Israel</div> <div> alleged communist role in founding (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 6/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> condemnation by Geneva Convention on Human Rights (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/5/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>12/7/01</U></A>)</div> <div> "defiance" of U.S. (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> role in War on Terror (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/2/01</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Kansas City in 2006 (Quark Watch, <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>11/11/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>11/27/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>4/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Kass, Dr. Leon, attacks on (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Kidby, Paul (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 1/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Korea, North</div> <div> food shortages (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> nuclear weapons program (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> predictions for 2003 (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Korea, South, and appeasement of North Korea (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/21/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Krugman, Paul</div> <div> conspiracy theories (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/26/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>3/29/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>12/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Enron consultancy  (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/22/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> misunderstanding of corporate tax expatriation (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/14/02</U></A>)</div> <div> misunderstanding of income tax "rate reduction credit" (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 2/23/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Kwanzaa (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/26/01</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> bin-Laden, Osama</div> <div> admission of guilt (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/17/01</U></A>)</div> <div> alleged audiotape by (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> alleged eleemosynary activities (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> generalship (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/2/01</U></A>)</div> <div> <I>The Last Hero</I> (by Terry Pratchett) (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 1/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Liberalism, decay of (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Libertarianism</div> <div> abandonment of principles (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/19/01</U></A>)</div> <div> and cloning (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> and the Republican Party (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/21/02</U></A>)</div> <div> and sexual <I>mores</I> (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> <I>The Lord of the Rings</I> (movie) (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 12/22/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Los Angeles in 2006 (Quark Watch, <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>11/11/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>11/27/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Loscon 28 (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/27/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Lott, Senator Trent, inadequacy as Senate Majority Leader (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/11/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>12/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Lunar exploration, left-wing opposition to (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/23/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Margaret of Windsor, Princess (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 2/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Mars, global warming on (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 12/7/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Media bias, impact on 2004 election (<A HREF="id470_february_16_2004.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2004)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/16/04</U></A>)</div> <div> Mencken, H. L., on the 1948 Presidential election (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Metric Martyrs (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Minnesota, U.S. Senate election in (2002) (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Moslem immigration to Europe (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Mount Rainier (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 5/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Movies, adaptation of novels to (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 12/22/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Murray, Alan, arguments for estate tax (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Murray, Senator Patty (D-Wash) and Osama bin-Laden's "good works" (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/26/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id398.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2003)"><U>1/5/03</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> NASFiC ("North American Science Fiction Convention) bidding (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 7/8/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> National Council of Churches, sympathy for Saddam Hussein (<A HREF="id398.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2003)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/5/03</U></A>)</div> <div> New Jersey, U.S. Senate election in (2002) (<A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 9/30/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 10/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> New York City Fire Department, ice sculpture tribute (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 3/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Nicaragua, national elections (2001) (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/5/01</U></A>)</div> <div> 911, future urban legend about (<A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (November December 2001)"><U>Et Cetera, 11/30/01</U></A>)</div> <div> 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Nixon, Richard M. on the USSR as a "strong society" (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/21/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Norwescon 25 (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 4/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Nuclear proliferation (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/25/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Oxford, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of, as Shakespeare claimant (<A HREF="id288.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (March 2002)"><U>Querulous Notes, 3/16/02; 3/23/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (20022003)"><U>4/27/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (20022003)"><U>10/10/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Palestinian Authority</div> <div> Christians, treatment of (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 4/3/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Church of the Nativity, occupation of (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 4/3/02</U></A>)</div> <div> claims to statehood (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> failure to condemn terrorism (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> hostility toward U.S. (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/2/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> objectives (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> offers of cabinet positions to terrorist organizations (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> President Bush's demands for reform (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/24/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>6/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Patten, Chris</div> <div> on European antisemitism (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> on the International Criminal Court (<A HREF="id331.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (July 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 7/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Pearl, Daniel (1963-2002) (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Pelz, Bruce (1936-2002) (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 5/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Pension plans, cash balance benefit formulas (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/23/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Political strife, parallels between U.S. and Roman Republic (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/29/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Prophecy, modern imitations of (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 7/4/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Pickering, Judge Charles (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Pledge of Allegiance (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Pornography (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/3/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Pratchett, Terry (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 1/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Predictions for 2003 (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Presidential Election (2004)</div> <div> Gore withdrawal (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> predictions (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> al-Qaeda</div> <div> "inspired" by Isaac Asimov's <I>Foundation</I> trilogy (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/11/01</U></A>)</div> <div> philosophical resemblances to Hamas (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/2/01</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Racism</div> <div> discrimination against black Republicans (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/12/01</U></A>)</div> <div> liberal encouragement of black resentment (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> linguistic manipulation (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/13/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Reagan, Ronald W., becomes the oldest President (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/11/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Recession (2001-02)</div> <div> duration of (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/27/01</U></A>)</div> <div> economic stimulus proposals (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/4/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Regulation of the economy</div> <div> California energy market (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Enron's collapse as an argument for (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/18/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> President Bush's reform proposals (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 7/2/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Stock market's reaction to corporate "reform" legislation (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 7/9/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id331.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (July 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 7/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "Replacement theology" (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 2/18/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Republican Party</div> <div> future political strategy (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> impact of Hispanic voters on (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/12/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>11/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> moderate Republicanism (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 12/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> social issues and (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/21/02</U></A>)</div> <div> 2002 election results (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Roman Catholic Church</div> <div> predictions concerning succession to John Paul II (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> sex scandals in America (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 4/22/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>6/9/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Roman Republic, political parallels to United States (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/29/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Rowling, J. K. and Hugo Award (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 10/3/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Rumsfeld, Donald, on poverty in the Third World (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/16/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Russia</div> <div> and Chechen terrorism (<A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/29/02</U></A>)</div> <div> destruction of Cold War weaponry (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 7/25/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Same-sex "marriage" (<A HREF="id427_june_23_2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2003)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/23/03</U></A>)</div> <div> Saudi-controlled Arabia, future of (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Scandals, manufacture of (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/15/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>3/21/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>4/3/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Scholarly negligence and fraud</div> <div> Michael Bellesiles (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/5/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Paul Buhle (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 6/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Schröder, Gerhard, anti-Americanism of (<A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, </U></A><A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>9/20/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>9/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Schultz, Ellen (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/24/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>2/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Science Fiction conventions</div> <div> ConJosé (2002 World Science Fiction Convention) (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 3/16/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Ditto 14/Fanhistoricon (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 10/14/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Loscon 28 (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/27/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Norwescon 25 (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 4/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Windycon XXVIII (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/11/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Scowcroft, Brent, views on depostion of Saddam Hussein (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Second Coming of Christ (<I>Parousia</I>) (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 4/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Secret ballot, evanescence of (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/6/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Secret Service dispute with American Airlines over airport security (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Sexual <I>more</I>s in contemporary America (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Shakespeare, William</div> <div> authorship "controversy" (<A HREF="id288.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (March 2002)"><U>Querulous Notes, 3/16/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id288.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (March 2002)"><U>3/23/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (20022003)"><U>4/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "Fair Youth" sonnets (<A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (20022003)"><U>Querulous Notes, 6/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> relationship of life and work (<A HREF="id288.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (March 2002)"><U>Querulous Notes, 3/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> <I>The Two Gentlemen of Verona</I> (<A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (20022003)"><U>Querulous Notes, 10/10/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Slavery, abolition in the United States (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 5/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Sobran, Joseph, Shakespearean Authorship theories of (<A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (20022003)"><U>Querulous Notes, 4/27/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Soccer, American lack of enthusiasm for (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 6/21/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Social Security</div> <div> payroll tax, arguments for reducing (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/4/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Reform Commission (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/10/01</U></A>)</div> <div> South Dakota</div> <div> possible fraud in Senate election (2002) (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/20/02</U></A>)</div> <div> U.S. Senate and House elections in (2002) (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 10/3/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Space progam</div> <div> private initiatives (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/19/01</U></A>)</div> <div> timidity (<A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 1/29/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Split-dollar life insurance (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 2/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Sports and the American character (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 6/21/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Stock market, explanations of bear market (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/4/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2002)"><U>10/12/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Stock options, accounting treatment of (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 7/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Stritmatter, Roger</div> <div> Latinity of (<A HREF="id317.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (20022003)"><U>Querulous Notes, 8/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Shakespearean authorship theories of (<A HREF="id288.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (March 2002)"><U>Querulous Notes, 3/16/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id288.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Querulous Notes (March 2002)"><U>3/23/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Taliban (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/22/01</U></A>)</div> <div> French intellectuals deployed against (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 3/18/02</U></A>)</div> <div> parallels to Cromwellian Commonwealth (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 1/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "resilience of" (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/28/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/13/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Tariffs, steel</div> <div> adverse impact on war effort (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> detrimental economic and political effects (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Taxation</div> <div> Democratic proposals (<A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 1/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> distribution of federal income tax burden (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> and economic recovery (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch, 9/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> impact on economy (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/27/01</U></A>)</div> <div> reincorporation of U.S. companies abroad ("corporate inversion") (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Terrorism</div> <div> ecological (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/26/02</U></A>)</div> <div> FBI investigation of (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/6/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Palestinian Authority's support for (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> role of religious belief (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/15/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/21/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 4/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> security measures (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> warnings of 9/11 attacks (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/16/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Thanksgiving cartoon (<A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (November December 2001)"><U>Et Cetera, 11/22/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Thoburn, Steve (the "Metric Martyr") (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Thurmond, Strom (<A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (November December 2001)"><U>Et Cetera, 12/5/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> <I>Time</I> Magazine</div> <div> Enron document shredding (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 1/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "Person of the Year" Award (2001) (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/23/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Torcon 3 (2003 World Science Fiction Convention) (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> TransOrbital Corporation (private lunar exploration) (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/23/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> United States of America, ultimate fate of (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 5/29/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/29/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy" (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/29/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>4/1/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Volunteerism, American (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 5/30/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Wallerstein, Immanuel, theory of American decline (<A HREF="id331.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (July 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 7/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> War on Terror</div> <div> "alternate histories" (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/29/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>12/12/01</U></A>)</div> <div> alliances (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> American strengths and weaknesses in waging (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>3/28/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id331.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (July 2002)"><U>7/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> anti-Muslim sentiment (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/5/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/12/01</U></A>)</div> <div> anti-war protests (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/7/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Australian brush fires (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/27/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>12/30/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (January 2002)"><U>1/2/02</U></A>)</div> <div> campus dissent (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/3/01</U></A>)</div> <div> and civil liberties (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/24/02</U></A>)</div> <div> civilian casualties (<A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 2/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Clinton Administration's role (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/3/01</U></A>)</div> <div> containment as a strategy (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/11/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "cowardice" of war proponents (<A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Democratic reactions (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/24/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (February 2002)"><U>2/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> detention of enemy combatants, the al-Muhajir/Padilla case (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/12/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Iraq, prospective invasion of (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/20/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>8/1/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>9/5/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 8/11/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id335.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (August 2002)"><U>8/17/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>9/16/02</U></A>) </div> <div> Israel, role of (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/2/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>4/9/02</U></A>)</div> <div> military situation after first year (<A HREF="id362.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 2)"><U>Hunt Watch,9/19/02</U></A>)</div> <div> military tribunals (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/15/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/18/01</U></A>)</div> <div> modernization of Islam as a strategy for winning (<A HREF="id245.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="In hac lacrimarum valle (20012002)"><U>In hac lacrimarum valle, 7/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Palestinian reactions (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/2/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>4/7/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Pentagon attack (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/6/01</U></A>)</div> <div> police non-cooperation with investigations (Oregon) (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/21/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>12/1/01</U></A>)</div> <div> "politicization" of (<A HREF="id357.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (September 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 9/25/02</U></A>)</div> <div> popular reactions</div> <div> mockery of Osama bin-Laden (Pinellas County, Fla.) (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/23/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>10/24/01</U></A>)</div> <div> pledge of allegiance controversy (Madison County, Wis.) (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/9/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>10/10/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>10/17/01</U></A>)</div> <div> predictions for 2003 (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> religious opposition to invasion of Iraq (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "root causes" (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/12/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/8/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/9/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/10/01</U></A>)</div> <div> "sacrifice", need for (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 5/30/02</U></A>)</div> <div> strategy (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/28/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>3/31/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Roman precedent (67 B.C.) (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/1/01</U></A>)</div> <div> "wobbling" (<A HREF="id287.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (March 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 3/15/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Taliban (<A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/22/01</U></A>)</div> <div> "resilience of" (<A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (October 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 10/28/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2001)"><U>11/13/01</U></A>)</div> <div> tourism, impact on (<A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (April December 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 5/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> warnings of 9/11 attacks (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/16/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 5/23/02</U></A>)</div> <div> West Bank campaign (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Washington's Birthday (<A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (January March 2002)"><U>Et Cetera, 2/22/02</U></A>)</div> <div> "Watch Unto Prayer" (loony Christian site) (<A HREF="id395.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Watergate scandal, consequences of (<A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 6/17/02</U></A>)</div> <div> West Bank, Jewish settlements (<A HREF="id318.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (May 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 5/28/02</U></A>)</div> <div> West Point Doctrine (preemption of terrorist attacks) (<A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>Hunt Watch, 6/20/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id322.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: Hunt Watch (Series 1)"><U>8/1/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Westercon (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 7/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Whitehouse, Mary (anti-pornography campaigner), death of (<A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (December 2001)"><U>Ephemerides, 12/3/01</U></A>)</div> <div> Williams, Dr. Rowan (Archbishop of Canterbury), objections to invasion of Iraq (<A HREF="id382.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (November 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 11/5/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Windycon XXVIII (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/11/01</U></A>)</div> <div> World Science Fiction Convention bidding (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 7/8/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Chicago in 2010 (<A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>Quark Watch, 11/11/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Columbus in 2007 (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Melbourne in 2010 (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Kansas City in 2006 (Quark Watch, <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>11/11/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>11/27/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (January June 2002)"><U>4/2/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Los Angeles in 2006 (Quark Watch, <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>11/11/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (October December 2001)"><U>11/27/01</U></A>; <A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Nippon in 2007 (<A HREF="id332.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quark Watch (July December 2002)"><U>Quark Watch, 9/13/02</U></A>)</div> <div> Worldcom accounting scandal (<A HREF="id282.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Special Section: The Enron Mythos"><U>Enron Mythos, 6/29/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> Yale-Harvard Game (2001) (<A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (November December 2001)"><U>Et Cetera, 11/17/0</U></A><A HREF="id221.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Et Cetera (November December 2001)"><U>1</U></A>)</div> <div> Yale University, trustee election (2002) (<A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (April 2002)"><U>Ephemerides, 4/21/02</U></A>; <A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ephemerides (June 2002)"><U>6/21/02</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#_______home" TITLE="Topical Index"><U><B><Return to Top of Page></b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>  <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var site="sm8Stromata";var g_frames=true;</script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript1.2" src="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/js/counter.js?site=sm8Stromata"> </script> <noscript> <a href="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/stats.asp?site=sm8Stromata" target="_top"> <img src="http://sm8.sitemeter.com/meter.asp?site=sm8Stromata" alt="Site Meter" border=0></a> </noscript>    </b></div> </td> </tr></table></body>