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Articles in April 2004 issue of Washington Monthly

• Critical race theory: Debra Dickerson argues it's time blacks stop worrying about what whites think of them
  by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Coulter v. Cleland
  by Charles Peters
• Friedman's Wolfowitz moment
  by Charles Peters
• Do not deport
  by Charles Peters
• Well-connected Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff came into the news lately when it turned out he had collected more than $9 million in fees from various Indian tribes during the past two years, although tribal interests faced little political opposition a
• Doctors without borders: why you can't trust medical journals anymore
  by Shannon Brownlee
• Tax laxity: how a kinder, gentler IRS breeds cheats
  by Nicholas Thompson
• This is Manila
  by Charles Peters
• Senior moment
  by Charles Peters
• Originality not wanted
  by Charles Peters
• Beltway denizens were somewhat surprised when, soon after John Kerry officially launched his search for a running mate, a boomlet erupted around vanquished candidate Richard Gephardt
• Meanwhile in America
  by Joe Sacco
• Alexander the Great: yet another unappreciated founding father
  by Matthew Dallek
• No left turns
  by Charles Peters
• Benefit exhaustion
  by Charles Peters
• Filed away
  by Charles Peters
• Speaking of Elmendorf, the Kerry campaign has lately relied on him and campaign strategist Bob Shrum—talented political operatives, but not especially telegenic ones—to wage war on the chat shows
• No there there
  by Eric Ellsworth
• Skins game
  by Charles Peters
• The Pentagon's tax evaders
  by Charles Peters
• Rummy's flip-flop
  by Charles Peters
• To those who've been keeping track at home, it was no surprise when the Bush administration dropped renowned cell biologist—and proponent of embryonic stem-cell research—Elizabeth Blackburn from the President's Council on Bioethics, in favor of
• Whether size matters
  by Nora J. Rubinstein
• Few friends in Fez
  by Charles Peters
• Early bird
  by Charles Peters
• Body armor
  by Charles Peters
• Add Karen Weldon, daughter of Rep. CurtWeldon , to the list of congressional sons, daughters, spouses, and in-laws whose lack of credentials, experience, or expertise hasn't stopped them from enjoying lucrative careers as government lobbyists
• Heir heads
  by Larry A. Grant
• Rich Trippi
  by Charles Peters
• Warehouse on wheels
  by Charles Peters
• A Question for Marjorie
  by Charles Peters
• Watching the 2004 campaign shape up couldn't have been easy for Sen. Russ Feingold
• Liberals and religion
  by Eric Smith
• Celery seeds and slot machines
  by Charles Peters
• Heavy water
  by Charles Peters
• Fired up: the only union that stood by Kerry is now sitting pretty
  by Michael Crowley
• Vision quest: how John Kerry can create jobs by taking on K Street
  by Paul Glastris
• Sitting duck in the Mekong: John Kerry's war years
  by James M. Perry
• Wrong targets
  by Charles Peters
• Stay or go
  by Charles Peters
• Born again: where government's unpopular programs go to live
  by Josh Benson
• Dire straights: why outlawing marriage for gays will undermine marriage for all
  by Jonathan Rauch
• Why Africa can't catch a break: Malaria, ebola, and Gen. Butt Naked
  by Joshua Hammer
• Colonial terrorists
  by Charles Peters
• D.C. sur-la-Seine
  by Charles Peters
• Monthly Journalism Award
  by John Kelly
• Euro brash: why George W. Bush takes orders from Pascal Lamy
  by Nicholas Kulish
• Twisted sisters: the depravities of some sororities
  by Margaret Sullivan
• Mahatma Arafat
  by Charles Peters
• One-eyed inspectors
  by Charles Peters
• Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515-2215
  by John D. Dingell
• There goes the Neighborhood: why home prices are about to plummet—and take the recovery with them
  by Benjamin Wallace-Wells