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Articles in May 27, 2002 issue of Insight on the News

• A bit of spring cleaning yields embarrassments from the archives
  by Sean Paige
• Virtual reality's lonely lifestyle; in a society where so much emphasis is placed on mass communication, it seems surprising that loneliness has become a major ailment afflicting many Americans
  by Joanne Hudson
• Did you know?
  by John Elvin
• Blue-plate specials: whaleburgers, fake Viagra, Yugos
  by Stephen Goode
• ICC fails tests of American justice; critics say there is no system in place for holding the International Criminal Court accountable and warn that it could pose a significant threat to U.S. sovereignty
  by Diane Sabom
• Minister urges blacks to Shun town
  by Steve Miller
• Clinton policy declassified nuclear secrets
  by Notra Trulock
• Conflict of interest could overturn California electricity contracts
  by Hans S. Nichols
• Birdcalls give wing to cell-phone civility
  by Jennifer Harper
• Sneaky Democrats trying to federalize land-use planning
  by John Elvin
• Virtual child porn's very real consequences
  by Paul M. Rodriguez
• A letter from the editor
  by Paul M. Rodriguez
• Freddie Mac, Verizon made Jesse's hit list; the powerful Federal Home Mortgage Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. shared their wealth after the reverend's attacks, 2000 tax returns show
  by Kenneth R. Timmerman
• Take it out in trade; the EU wants to bid on U.S. mail and other services — an indication of what Americans will hear from their trading partners at the WTO meeting
  by Carter Dougherty
• American conservatives are Israel's staunchest supporters
  by Mona Charen
• The wise wordsmith
  by Stephen Goode
• Quite write: atonement will delight the erudite and entertain those who are after a good read
  by Rex Roberts
• Who will head the NEA? The National Endowment for the Arts has announced more than $60 million in grants, but the agency is without a leader. The Bush team wants to hire a conservative Republican
  by Julia Duin
• Barney Frank's immigration-reform redux
  by James R. Edwards, Jr.
• Welfare-reform debate could prove to be a redux of 1996
  by Hans S. Nichols
• Outrageous! Mental-health professionals have varying theories about society's epidemic of rage
  by Lauren Murphy
• Heroes of the `forgotten war' remembered
  by John Elvin
• Blair and Bush walking tightrope together
  by Jamie Dettmer
• Child sexual-abuse problems go beyond catholic church
  by Marj Walker
• Getting healthy on Capitol Hill
  by Jennifer G. Hickey
• Playing solitude
  by Carol Herman
• Probing the mysteries of ebonics
  by John Elvin
• Applying the first amendment to campaign-finance reform
  by David Aitken
• Free Speech trumps `virtual' child porn; a high-court ruling striking down a federal law that criminalized `virtual' child pornography is a major setback for the Justice Department antiporn efforts
  by Kelly Patricia O'Meara
• Americans keep faith, lose religion: the fact that the majority of Americans aren't in church can be seen in the Sunday traffic jams at malls, movie theaters and grocery stores
  by Julia Duin
• Symposium
  by Dianna Thompson
• Insight hits a high note with profile of jazz singer Krall
  by Diane Verploegh
• The uproar at the EPA: Robert Martin claims he was forced out as ombudsman to the Environmental Protection Agency after launching an internal probe of administrator Christie Todd Whitman, whom he accuses of possible conflicts of interest
  by Sheila R. Cherry
• United they stand … to conquer; a British soccer team is beating the Americans at their own game — global marketing. Now Manchester United is set to invade America with TV and sneaker deals
  by Eric Fisher
• Mark my words … I mean what I say
  by John Elvin
• Clarke needs to be held accountable for her actions
  by Jack W. Richey
• Levitt stocked exchange boards: critics of Arthur Levitt claim the former SEC chairman made power grabs by crying corruption and planting Democratic Party cronies on boards of stock exchanges
  by John Berlau
• Lasers power nanomotors: miniature motors could power microscopic devices of science-fiction fantasies
  by Mike Martin
• OMB's Daniels roasts pork-barrel politics; the White House budget chief is taking Congress to task over the practice of allowing members to earmark federal tax monies to be spent only in their own district
  by John Berlau