The conventional wisdom debunked.

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• William Bennett, Gays, and the Truth Mr. Virtue dabbles in phony statistics.
  Walter Olson Dec. 19, 1997
  
• Quotas and Colin Powell The real story of affirmative action in the Army.
  Franklin Foer Dec. 14, 1997
  
• Nobel Gas Sure, Stanley Prusiner deserves a prize--for his persistence, not for his prions.
  Gary Taubes Oct. 11, 1997
  
• The Myth of the 500-Foot Home Run Do men always exaggerate the length of their long balls?
  John Pastier Oct. 4, 1997
  
• Theatrical Indecision Broadway is dead. No, it isn't. Yes, it is. No, it isn't.
  Franklin Foer Aug. 24, 1997
  
• I Smell a Rat Should we take seriously the new scientific "findings" that pot is as addictive as heroin?
  Phillip O. Coffin Aug. 10, 1997
  
• The Stock Market Chicken-Counting Orgy How can everybody be 40 percent richer when the economy's grown by only 4 percent?
  Michael Kinsley July 19, 1997
  
• Ken Starr's Secret How he knows that Whitewater is bunk.
  Gene Lyons June 22, 1997
  
• Trumpet Voluntary Doubts about the big Volunteer Summit.
  Michael Kinsley April 27, 1997
  
• Taxing Your Credulity Forgive them their excesses. The current system is pretty fair, and it works.
  Jodie T. Allen April 16, 1997
  
• Heaven Can't Wait What's so crazy about seeking eternal life ASAP?
  Walter Kirn April 2, 1997
  
• Is The Kiss Really So Awful? Literary criticism turns into a witch trial.
  Luc Sante March 26, 1997
  
• Abortion Apostate The media get suckered by Ron Fitzsimmons--again.
  Franklin Foer March 9, 1997