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Last Call: 06-26-01A final rant for the summer. Everybody's Talking...: 06-19-01
Rock lyrics are (too often) not poetry. Fateful Dead: 06-12-01
Tragic rock deaths, ranked accoding to tragedy. Play Me A Memory: 06-05-01
Confessions of a Billy Joel fan. Arrested Development: 05-29-01
Now they can arrest you for not wearing a seat belt. Beautiful People: 05-22-01
I am the beholder. Ergo Ego: 05-15-01
State of the cyberweekly address. 120 days of So Dumb: 05-08-01
Dubya's 100-day report card. Mental Ward: 05-01-01
Charlie Ward makes the point. Onomastic Fantastic: 04-24-01
My glossy glossary. Splitting Hares: 04-17-01
Raining on the Easter parade. Hey Hey What Can I Do?: 04-10-01
Confessions of a Napster user. LARGEREGO buyout: 04-03-01
April Fools. Recognition: 03-27-01
Why I watch the Oscars. Pushing the Envelopes: 03-20-01
Oscar picks. Call to Arms: 03-13-01
U.S. gun policy shooting us in the foot. Statues of Flesh and Stone: 03-06-01
The real atrocities in Afghanistan. Diversity of Meaning: 02-27-01
The convoluted world of EEO policy. Oscar the Grouch: 02-20-01
Sifting through the cinematic trash. Words' Worth: 02-13-01
PC jargon a game of musical chairs. The House of Smith: 02-06-01
Edith, meet Anna Nicole. Lewis Obstructs Justice, Giants: 01-30-01
Quoth the Raven: What a bore. Ad It Up: 01-23-01
Super Bowl XXXV will be a commercial disaster. Don't Cry for Me, Linda Chavez: 01-16-01
A would-be secretary is sacked. Tippecanoe and Dubya, Too: 01-09-01
Can George W. Bush escape the Curse of the Shawnee Prophet? How the Grinch Stole Hollywood: 01-02-01
Every producer in Hollywood/Loves Jim Carrey a lot/But if you see this movie/You will not. A String of Zeroes: 12-26-00
Personally, 2000 was a good year; publically, it was a Firestone. And Justice For Naught: 12-19-00
If our dim-witted President-Elect gets to nominate justices to the Supreme Court, history suggests it might not be as bad as we think. Bill of Rites: 12-12-00
What now, Mr. President? A look at where Bill Clinton will go post-presidency. Boy Bands: 12-05-00
Where have you gone, David Cassidy? We examine the new crop (strain?) of boy bands. Call Waiting: 11-28-00
A few reasons why Verizon sucks. Hanging Chad: 11-21-00
The results of the previous week's Most Hated Male Box Office Star poll. Patriot Games: 11-16-00
Our first interactive column: the Most Hated Male Box Office Star poll. Crock the Vote: 11-09-00
Boy this election sucks. Election: 11-07-00
Election Day special: a guide for voters. Halloween: 10-31-00
Why do we have Labor Day off but work on Halloween? A look at our stupid federal holidays. Subway Series: 10-24-00
My team won the World Series again, and I still don't care. Vote Nader: 10-17-00
Notes from the Nader rally at Madison Square Garden. Geena Davis(?): 10-10-00
Since when is Geena Davis big enough to have her own show? Lehrer in 2000: 10-04-00
Our first column: notes from the first presidential debate.
By Greg Olear