The conventional wisdom debunked.

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• FOIA Eyes Only The latest torture documents show the government still isn't coming clean.
  Eric Umansky Dec. 31, 2004
  
• Next Stop, Bethlehem? Is The Polar Express an evangelical film?
  David Sarno Dec. 22, 2004
  
• Crying Wolof Does the word hip really hail from a West African language?
  Jesse Sheidlower Dec. 8, 2004
  
• Decentralized Intelligence What Toyota can teach the 9/11 commission about intelligence gathering.
  Duncan Watts Aug. 5, 2004
  
• California's SUV Ban The Golden State has outlawed big SUVs on many of its roads but doesn't seem to know it.
  Andy Bowers Aug. 4, 2004
  
• Safer Than You Think The security we've enjoyed since Sept. 11 isn't just a matter of dumb luck.
  Dan Byman Aug. 2, 2004
  
• Dubious Conceptions Why concerns that Plan B may harm the youngest teens are greatly exaggerated.
  Liza Mundy June 1, 2004
  
• Who's Got the Acid? These days, almost nobody.
  Ryan Grim April 1, 2004
  
• Tilting at Windmills What's all wrong with "energy independence."
  Steve Chapman Feb. 6, 2004
  
• Wesley & Me Ever seen Bowling for Columbine, General?
  Michael Hastings Jan. 21, 2004
  
• Bringing Up Babes Why do adoptive parents prefer girls?
  John Gravois Jan. 14, 2004
  
• The Perils of Aquaculture It's the salmon farms, not the risks of dioxin in farmed salmon, that we ought to be worried about.
  Douglas Gantenbein Jan. 13, 2004