Stephen King: Why 2004 is unlikely to become another 1994
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Earlier this year, it appeared that the West was about to embark on one of its periodic bouts of inflation. Commodity prices were rising swiftly.
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Before 1984,  before   The Handmaid's Tale,  before either the movie or  the book by  Stephen King, there was Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here.    Lewis' vision of an American descent into Fascism is as fresh and disturbing today  as it was when it was written in 1935.  Check out the full text  online,  and consider with me the continuing relevance of this 69 year old warning.
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When Alfred Kinsey's sexual-behavior studies were published half a century ago, the United States was shocked. The topic remains so sensitive that some scientists think Kinsey would not have been able to do his work today.
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Start-ups came back in style. IPO fever gripped Silicon Valley. Blogging went mainstream. 2004 was a year of dubious distinctions along with steady innovation and successes. -The Washington Post
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As 2004 draws to a close, it should come as heartening news that this past year was one of the most prosperous in history. Not because the American economy grew by a solid 4.3 percent.
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The generic soda maker is finishing 2004 with a deep drop. Does next year look better?
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Comparing the state of security in 1994 versus 2004, has anything really changed over the course of ten years?
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The likelihood of trouble at the nation's 200,000 polling places may be greater in 2004 than in any year in memory. Could the country stand another Florida?
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Drug distributors would like to forget 2004. But this may mean bargains for investors.
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TIME's critics present their lists of the best movies, television, music, books and more from the year 2004
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It happens every year, and it's about to happen now.
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In the first column of this year, I discussed computer security outlook and hopes for 2008. I forecast more of the same that we saw in 2007: more spam, more malware, more bad guys basically owning the Internet and our connected computers. I don't see any trends or new leaders with significant power to change the status quo.
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2004 turned out to be a tough year for the predictors
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American novelist Thomas Wolfe once wrote a book entitled &quot;You Can&#39;t Go Home Again.&quot; His argument was that once the door to an era closes, it could never be opened again.
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The chief theater critic for The Times shares his favorite moments in theater in 2004.
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2004 may go down in history as the year of the runaway breast.
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