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Table of Contents: January

On the River

Jonathan Lindberg: Polling Polls

Michael Roy Hollihan: To the Scrap Yard

Joe Saino: Will 2008 Bring Real Change or More of the Same

Opinion Editorial

Opinion Editorial: Mayor Keith McDonald: Cooperation Not Consolidation

Judith’s Picks

Judith Conroy

Lead Article

Joe Saino: Bloated: How Mayor Herenton Has Been Able To Abuse His Appointment Power

Feature Articles

Daniel Johnson: The Triumph of Evil

Edward F. Williams III: The Way Things Were: Howard Hall

Ties that Bind

Dr. David Patterson: The Holiness of the Holy Land

On the Shelf

Jason Middlekauff: Starbucked

On the Money

Chuck Bates: What It Takes To Make Your Community a Safe Place For Investment: Part II