New Millennium, Same Old Story

Contents

INTRODUCTION

How Things Change

I. FREQUENTLY UNASKED QUESTIONS

Frequently Unasked Questions
Frequently Unasked Questions, v. 2
Frequently Unasked Questions, v. 3
Frequently Unasked Questions, v. 4
Frequently Unasked Questions, v. 5
Frequently Unasked Questions, v. 6
Frequently Unasked Questions, v. 7
Frequently Unasked Questions, v. 8

II. WAR, AND OTHER CHILDREN'S OCCUPATIONS

American Politics Made Simplistic: Book 2: The Middle East
Letters to Missed Manners - Kabul Nuptials
The Bush Administration's Reasoned Argument for Attacking Iraq, Putting Thousands of Civilian Lives at Risk, Potentially Opening a Serious Rift with American Allies in the Arab World and Ignoring the Much More Real Threat of Nuclear War Posed By North Korea
Two Fronts, No Waiting
Letters To Missed Manners: Vituperation Etiquette
Troubled Child
Death Takes a Vowel
He Said, He Said
Monday's Must See Programming
Playing the Life Market
The Home Looting Network
The Hole Rescue Story: Edited Version
The Hole Rescue Story: Unedited Version
Reality Checks and Balances
Propaganda on the Menu
No Exit Strategy

III. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

The Hollywood Holiday Blockbuster Algorithm
Joshua Shapiro Teaches Media Appreciation 101
Sexy Cartoon Babes on the Web Rock!
Larry and Bud Do the Reich Thing
The First Draft of History Needs an Editor
And, I owe it all to MonsterScriptMaster (TM)!
Controlled Experiment...In Terror
The Lawyer In Pooh's Corner
Survivor: New York
Larry and Bud Make Beautiful Music
Entertainment Right Now: Right Now, More Than Ever
Morality at 24 Frames a Second
Ungainly (Ad)Ventures
Adjectives 'R' Us
The Father, The Son and The Holy Goat
The America Everybody Sees
Hipper Than Thou - Your Guide to Magazine Publishing
Larry and Bud Take Liberties
Tough Love? Tough Break...

IV. ECONOMICS

A Bargain at Twice the Price
The Dictator's Management Guide
Taxes for the Warthog Challenged
Speech Therapy for Brokers
The Recession Is Dead! Long Live the Recession!
Do the Perp Walk
The Price of Nuttin'
Boycott This!
The Physics of Success

V. ALL POLITICS IS...

i. ...LOCAL

The Provincial Conservative Party Social Policy Algorithm
Shocking News

ii. ...ERR, NATIONAL

American Politics Made Simplistic: Book 1: Elections
Decriminalization? High Time!
The Emperor's New IQ
Conversations Overheard on a TIPS Line
A Bucketful of Hammers, Indeed
Dr. Gerald Finnerman: Relationship Councilor
Life in the Echo Chamber
Berlusconi World
Parenting in the New Millennium

iii. ...THAT IS TO SAY, INTERNATIONAL

Letters to Missed Manners: The Unwanted Guest Dilemma
A Right Royal Pain
Minding Our Ps and Cues
Leadership For the New Millennium
Everybody's a Hero to Their Dog

VI. MISCELA - MISSILA - OTHER

Endangered Species Word Search
If We Took Vaginas Seriously
Hard Truths
Just Another Doggerel and Pony Show
Forget That Fear of Gravity
Racism is (a Spit) in the Eye of the Beholder
Blood Donors in Love
People You Don't Want to Spend a Lot of Time With at Parties
Nothing To Fear, But...
Image Is Everything
You Want Solutions? We Got Solutions!
Michael Shapiro is a Genetically Engineered Fountain Pen
Keeping Up With the Pfizers
I Must Have Missed That Memo...
Meaning Doggerel Bag
Impertinent Minds Want To Know
What's In a Name?
New Year's Resolutions of the Damned
Making a Killing
Covering, My Ass!

VII. WHAT THE HECK DO YOU KNOW?

What the Heck Do You Know? - The Remake
What the Heck Do You Know? The Next Generation
What the Heck Do You Know? The Millenium Edition
What the Heck Do You Know? (And How the Heck Do You Know It?)
What the Heck Do You Know? Special Operation Iraqi Freakout Edition
What the Heck Do You Know? Special Operation Iraqi Freakout Edition, The Sequel
What the Heck Do You Know? Special Operation Iraqi Freakout Edition, The Final Stand
What the Heck Do You Know? The War Is Over, The Fun Begins
What the Heck Do You Know? Life in Ontario
What the Heck Do You Know? Entertainment Edition
What The Heck Do You Know? A New Beginning

VII. AFTERWORD

500 Reasons to Celebrate