What happened on December 22, 2002
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The Media Bias Myth Neal Gabler, Neal Gabler, a senior fellow at the Norman Lear Center at USC Annenberg, is the author of "Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality."
Budget Punt in the Works? Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior scholar in the School of Policy, Planning and Development at USC.
First Step: Admit It Michael Eric Dyson, Michael Eric Dyson, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is author of "Race Rules" (Vintage, 1997) and "Open Mike: Reflections on Philosophy, Race, Sex, Culture and Religion" (Basic Civitas Books, 2003).
GOP Hope: a Push From Bush in '04 Tony Quinn, Tony Quinn is co-editor of the California Target Book, a nonpartisan analysis of California legislative and congressional elections.
The Arab World's Democracy Deficit Shlomo Avineri, Shlomo Avineri is professor of political science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Terrorists May Think: 'Vegas, Baby!' Marc Cooper, Marc Cooper is a contributing editor to the Nation magazine and an editor at LA Weekly. His book "Las Vegas, America" will be published in 2003 by Nation Books.
11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Respect Other Faiths Benjamin J. Hubbard, Benjamin J. Hubbard is a professor and chair of the Department of Comparative Religion at Cal State Fullerton.
Doomed to Repeat Ourselves John Saito, John Saito is the former regional director of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Is Unity Good for the Jews? Jo-Ann Mort, Jo-Ann Mort is national secretary of Americans for Peace Now and co-author of the forthcoming book, "Our Hearts Invented A Place: Can Kibbutzim Survive The New Israel?"
A Big Step Back for Latin America Walter Russell Mead, Walter Russell Mead, a contributing editor to Opinion, is the author of "Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World."
The Fall (and Potential Rise) of Liberalism Joshua Zeitz, Joshua Zeitz is a visiting assistant professor of history at Brown University.
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He thought, therefore modern philosophy is Margaret C. Jacob, Margaret C. Jacob is the author of numerous books, including "Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West." She is a professor of history at UCLA and a member of the American Philosophical Society.
Proust's 'Remembrance' in black and white Andre Aciman, Andre Aciman is the author of "Out of Egypt: A Memoir" and "False Papers: Essays on Exile and Memory."
From a town on the Seine to the City of Light Victor Brombert, Victor Brombert is the author of "Trains of Thought: Memories of a Stateless Youth."
When all roads led to Paris Lynn Hunt, Lynn Hunt is the author of "The Family Romance of the French Revolution."
Regarding Henry Jonathan Kirsch, Jonathan Kirsch, a contributing writer to the Book Review, is the author of "The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of the Jewish People."
It's a small world after all Michael A. Hiltzik, Michael A. Hiltzik is a Times staff writer.
Victorian freedom in a corset Joanna Rakoff, Joanna Rakoff has written for several publications, including Newsday, Poets & Writers and the Village Voice.
The skirmishes of opinion as they reached their Waterloo John Lukacs, John Lukacs is the author of numerous books, including "Churchill: Visionary, Statesman, Historian," "At the End of an Age" and "The Hitler of History."