Here's the fourth entry in our weekly feature, "What Was Andy Thinking?" As promised, we're going in no particular order, and this time around we thought we'd hit the recent past: 2003. Below you'll find Andy Rooney's commentary topics from the year the Iraq war began, the Human Genome Project was completed, and Martha Stewart was indicted. Enjoy. (OAD means original air date.)

01/05/03: “Michael Who?” - Andy takes pride in not recognizing pop icons

01/12/03: “Letters, Lots and Lots Of Letters” - which letters Andy reads and which he disregards

02/02/03: “A Death In The Family” - the Columbia tragedy

02/09/03: “Try Tuning This Out” - Andy looks at a Madison Avenue idea to make commercials part of TV programs

02/23/03: “Journey To The Center Of The Earth” - we humans should explore our own planet a bit more

03/02/03: “Fashion Sense?” - Andy reads a fashion magazine

03/09/03: “A Pound Of Coffee?” - Andy revisits the topic of how much coffee is really in a 1-lb. can

03/16/03: “The Dumbest President” - Americans are vicious about hating a president they didn’t vote for

03/23/03: “Explosive Progress” - the many ingenious devices people have invented to kill each other

03/30/03: “It’s Just My Opinion” - the war in Iraq

04/06/03: “Just Tell Us The Truth” - our government should stop trying to sell us this war with slick advertising slogans

04/13/03: “Andy vs. Andy” - Democrats vs. Republicans -- Andy argues both sides

04/20/03: “An Illuminating Thought” - the sources of light

04/27/02: “All Mixed Up” - Andy doesn’t like to mix flavor

05/04/03: “To Tie Or Not To Tie”- men’s fashions

05/11/03: “Fighting The Ad Game” - we need protection against intrusive advertising

05/18/03: “35 Years and 60 MINUTES” -- In between breaks are insights by Andy Rooney who ends the broadcast with a new essay to commemorate 35 years of 60 MINUTES

05/25/03: “Hard To Open” - have you tried to open a bottle of aspirin lately...or a bag of potato chips? (OAD: 11/10/02)

06/01/03: “Pity The Poor Tourists” - tourists who come to your city with money and leave without it

06/08/03: “Sweet Success” - how candy bars have changed (OAD: 10/21/79)

06/15/03: “A Life Full Of Boxes” - what to keep and what to throw away

06/22/03: “Fashion Sense” - what it’s like to read a fashion magazine

06/29/03: “Pill Bottle Cotton” - why is there cotton in pill bottles? (OAD: 10/12/86)

07/20/03: “Bathtubs” - Andy thinks bathtubs are a waste of money (OAD: 11/25/01)

07/27/03: “Byte-Sized? Not This Laptop” - computer accessories Andy packs when he travels (OAD: 05/19/02)

08/17/03: “Ask Your Doctor” doctor-patient relationships (OAD: 10/13/02)

08/24/03: “Junk” - things people throw out (OAD: 05/07/00)

08/31/03: “Library Rules To Shelve” - Andy’s pet peeves on libraries (OAD: 05/12/02)

09/07/03: “The 10 Commandments” - editing the ten commandments

09/14/03: “No Gifts Please” - things that are sent to Andy

09/21/03: “The Bronx Zoo” - Andy visits the zoo (OAD: 04/27/97)

09/28/03: Andy speaks his mind about the ten Democratic presidential candidates

10/05/03: “Play Ball In Summer, Not Fall” - Andy shares his thoughts on major league baseball and how it can win over more fans

10/12/03: “Iraq: The World’s Problem” - the U.S. needs to change it’s attitude toward the UN

10/19/03: “First Lady Title Outdated?” - let’s drop the title

10/26/03: “In Search Of The Perfect Diet Book” - diet fads

11/02/03: “If I Were Bush’s Speech Writer” - what Andy would write

11/09/03: “We’re All Americans...” - Andy gets feedback...both positive and negative... about the speech he would like to write for President Bush

11/16/03: “Why Computers Are Screwed Up” - Andy blames Bill Gates

11/23/03: “What I Like And Dislike” - Andy lists both the things he likes and things he dislikes

11/30/03: “Enough To Drive One To Rage” - things that other drivers do that enrage Andy

12/07/03: “Presidential Trips Abroad” - presidential travels

12/14/03: “Saddam’s Capture: Extra, Extra!” - Andy’s reaction to Saddam’s capture

12/21/03: “All You Want For Christmas...” - gifts no one wants

12/28/03: “Remembrance Of Things Past” - there are too many special days in a year