'That These Dead Shall Not Have Died In Vain'  The threat of chemical and biological attack in any conflict with Iraq forces the US military to reconsider a long-held policy. Will flag-draped coffins returned home from battle be replaced by field cremations? (23 comments)

Divine, Right? George W. Bush And The Last Crusade  "What we see is a President that puts his own personal faith and his own personal views on religion at the forefront of his agenda. Call it a messiah complex." (62 comments)

What Else Do Men Want?  "The tough part about that is, you always want to know, 'OK, this woman, is she the one?'" Do men really want more than hassle-free oral sex? (152 comments)

The Shy One In The Axis Of Evil - What's Really Going On In Iran?  Developments in Iran might turn out to be more significant in the long run than the result of the Iraq confrontation. (40 comments)

Running The Black Box - Did Electronic Tampering Lead To Electoral Fraud?  ""An article in The Hill reports that Election Systems and Software, the company that builds, owns and largely runs many of the voting machines used in the US was at one time headed and is still partially owned by Chuck Hagel" (61 comments)

Moving Work Offshore Not Just For Blue-Collar Workers Anymore  Remember Ross Perot's "giant sucking sound"? Looks like IT's starting to hear it, too. (54 comments)

Best Episode Ever  ""As The Simpsons home(r) in on their 300th episode, Entertainment Weekly has taken it upon themselves to rank the top 25 episodes." (133 comments)

A Lot More Loathing Than Fear  ""A recent Salon interview with journalist Hunter Thompson raises the age old issue of defense spending versus military spending." (105 comments)

Jury Takes Pot Shot At Judge Over Medicinal Marijuana Trial  Ed Rosenthal was convicted in a federal court of growing marijuana. And the jury's unhappy about it. (77 comments)

Breakfast Club Archetypes Predict Future Lifestyles  A followup to a 1985 study shows that a sizable percentage of those who identified with one of the 5 Breakfast Club archetypes (Brain, Jock, Criminal, Princess, Basketcase) went on to live lives that conformed quite closely to their archetype. (47 comments)

Bush Proposes $2.23 Trillion Budget, Record $304 Billion Deficit  Biggest. Deficit. Ever. (73 comments)

We Can Rebuild Them. Better Than They Were Before.  The finalists have been selected for the replacement of the World Trade Center towers. Let the sniping begin! (56 comments)

Next Iraqi Leader Chosen?  A report from Australia says the post-war leader of Iraq has been tapped by the White House. (51 comments)

Is The Gun Smoking Yet?  U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has presented the case for war to the U.N. Security Council. (340 comments)

If You Want To Know How Your Marriage Is Doing, Ask A Random Married Person  ""Apparently, all those people having crises in their marriages would do just as well to seek out some friends who are happily married as they would to go to a marriage counselor. " (57 comments)

Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz, Flush Flush? - The Death Of The Jingle  "The traditional jingle, a little ditty composed expressly to create an identity for a product, has been falling out of fashion for a decade as advertisers chasing the MTV generation look for edgier fare." (84 comments)

The War Against The Fur Trade Backfires  "Awwwwwww. Now who in their right mind could be against stopping hunters who go up to those adorable baby seals and go whap with a lead-filled snowshoe? Native North Americans, that's who." (37 comments)

10 Reasons Why Racist T-Shirts Are A Bad Bank Promotion  A local branch of BankOne decided give out free T-shirts to kids on the campus of the University of Louisville as a promotion. The problem was the shirt was called "10 Reasons Why a Beer is Better than a Black Man." (79 comments)

IRC Peer Pressure: 'Ripper Is A Gangster!!!'  Brandon Vedas overdosed on prescription drugs and died chatting on IRC with 'friends' encouraging him to ingest more drugs. (70 comments)