Vol. 134 No. 13, April 2002
Index
- How cigarette companies smoked out teen readers.
- Censorship is everywhere.
- Ease up on "Axis of Evil".
- Hit Saddam next.
- Keep Ground Zero sacred.
- Business plan: fail, fail, win.
- Getting real with troop TV.
- The tribe meets the suits.
- Copy lock.
- Idol wish.
- No A for AP tests.
- Think you have nothing to do?
- Advertising's sneak: advertisers are going to new lengths to hook you--burying their messages in your games, on Web sites, even in your friends at school.
- The heat is on: as evidence of global warming mounts, President Bush tries to balance the environment's health with the economy's.
- Crisis in the cocaine capital: civil war has torn Colombia for nearly 40 years. Peace talks have failed, and the war is again heating up. With drugs, oil, and security at stake, American involvement may expand beyond fighting the war on drugs.
- Reaching out to distant worlds; how do we respond when E.T. phones? Scientists are drafting a message to be sure humans make a good first impression.
- Too young for the big leagues? Basketball players come under fire for turning pro when they're still teenagers. So why is it OK for soccer, hockey, and baseball players?
- Should students do the grading? The Supreme Court says the practice doesn't violate a student's right to privacy, but is it right for students to grade each other?
- Drawing on the news.
- The tax we love to hate; good or bad? American or un-American? The federal income tax has provoked intense debate, but it has paid for wars and funded America's rise as a superpower.