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Articles in Sept 30, 2003 issue of Insight on the News

• New Lesson Plans Enhance Three R's; Character-building increasingly is becoming part of the curriculum in U.S. schools as educators strive to mold both the hearts and minds of American young people
• Dear Readers,
  by Paul M. Rodriguez
• Kors Fights for Liberty on Campus; Distinguished educator Alan Charles Kors and his colleagues at FIRE confront the excesses of political correctness at colleges and universities nationwide
  by Stephen Goode
• Still Looking for Even Trade
  by Jennifer G. Hickey
• Teachers Discard The Union Label; As the National Education Association pursues a liberal agenda, many of its rank and file refuse to toe the line and have formed their own teacher-advocacy groups
  by John Berlau
• Illegal Immigration Threatens U.S. Future
  by Woody West
• Q: Should Congress allow more drilling for gas deposits on federal lands? NO: More drilling on public lands would do little to answer long-term energy challenges
  by William H. Meadows
• History Still Has Firm Grip on the Holy Land
  by Jamie Dettmer
• Parents Demand Schools That Work; Increasingly fed up with government-managed schools, more parents are selecting independent schools for the high-quality education and values culture they provide
  by James P. Lucier
• Readers Vow Not to Forget Case of Missing Navy Aviator
• Q: Should Congress allow more drilling for gas deposits on federal lands? YES: Enviro-fanatics and their regulator allies in Washington have created a crisis
  by Milton Copulos
• GAO Report Finds Forest Service Guilty Of Burning Money
  by Jennifer G. Hickey
• Educating Gentlemen; Hampden-Sydney, an all-male liberal-arts college, stays firmly rooted in tradition
  by Stephen Goode
• High Oil Prices Delay Economic Recovery
• Will President Bush's Aides Derail His War on Terror?
  by Frank Gaffney
• History in the Raw: Dispatches From Stars and Stripes, c. 1918
  by John Elvin
• When Teachers Flunk the Test; Much attention has been given to the poor performance of U.S. schoolchildren on proficiency tests, but many teachers have their own problems making the grade
  by Kelly Patricia O'Meara
• Women Who Ran Washington; Bush-Haters on the Internet
• Mystery Deaths Fuel Vaccine Anxieties; Recent pneumonia deaths among soldiers who have been injected with the anthrax and smallpox vaccines are renewing fears that the inoculations are unsafe
  by Timothy W. Maier
• In the Wild West, Tame Manners Rule
  by Stephen Goode