Vol. 135 No. 6, December 2002
Index
- Graph exercise: while its people face famine, North Korea's military feasts.
- Upfront quiz show.
- Democrats not fractured.
- No "Under God" in Pledge.
- Quotes.
- Don't take the fun out of youth sports.
- Cell culture.
- Deep sea time bomb?
- Branching out.
- Ketchup class.
- Teens just say no to sex (really).
- The Un-uniformed.
- The new shape of civil liberties: in the post-9/11 world, Americans are under more scrutiny and surveillance than ever before. How far should civil-liberties protections be bent to prevent terrorism?
- Countdown Iraq.
- A riddle wrapped in an enigma: North Korea is an isolated, poor, and cultish society. Its recent attempts to reform have been stymied--not least by its admission that it has a nuclear-weapons program.
- Scholarships: when B's, not need, are enough: at least a dozen states offer merit scholarships to keep bright students from leaving. Should financial aid go to well-off families?
- The New Elvis? From Cultural Enemy to mainstream megastar: Eminem takes rap into America's living rooms and onto the big screen.
- Secret warriors: female soldiers in the Civil War: eager for adventure, or to accompany their husbands, hundreds of women assumed male identities and marched into battle.
- Should the death penalty apply to juveniles? The Supreme Court refused to hear a case challenging the death penalty for minors. The issue remains unresolved.
- Drawing on the news.