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USA Today's Front Page Treason	Not even a pretense of fairness or objective news reporting is shown in the paper's Report on Blackwater (USA Today 10/2, 2007).
The Human Animal Whisperer	Drawing upon the expertise of the dog whisperer, this examines anger management in the human animal through three case studies.
After Integration: SAT and Race in Georgia	Based upon 33,000 Georgia high school seniors, this paper identifies the important factors related to doing well on the SAT, for better or worse.
Tyranny of the Retiree	In response to National Review's Tyranny of the Retiree, the author's data turns both children and grandma into extortionists.
The Preacher and the Polar Bear	Contrary to An Inconvenient Truth, data on the polar bear's status shows no relationship to environmental doom and gloom.
Grandpa's Trousers	Wearing Grandpa's Trousers while walking through the mall requires the agility of a juggler and the brains of a baboon.
Mind the Education Gap: The Begley Bias	When a science journal editor tends to the gap in education (WSJ 6/2/2006), she reveals far more about herself than her subject. The bias becomes the message, and actual science is left behind.
Global Warming: Bring It On	The global warming loonies have abandoned all reason, and refuse to acknowledge when mankind is well off. Analyzing the earth's geologic history, plus an ounce of common sense, produces the alternative to global warming which is vastly more frightening. In the end the polar bear may be the only survivor.
Seven Wives and the Account Manager	On receiving notice of a seriously overdue hospital bill, an attempt to pay the bill in full in person immerses me into an abyss of inane privacy policies suited only for an asylum. The animals are finally in charge of the human zoo!!!
Begley's Brain: On Agricultural Science	Using science as camouflage, Sharon Begley reveals her abyss ignorance of agriculture and blind worship of glaciers. Absolutely nothing, human or otherwise, lives on a glacier.
When Glaciers Melt: The Cult	In geologic history, most of the North American continent, and the rest of the world, was covered by a great glacier. The cult should know that warming is the lesser of two evils. Man has never experienced a serious ice age. Pictures of the Athabasca Glacier and a tour bus are included.
Only in America: The Palin Story	Shortly after Todd and Sarah Palin exploded onto the political scene, the Democratic Party mobilized its posse of personal destruction to drag this amazing couple down into the political tar pits. Only in America is such a sordid contrast commonplace.

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