25 Years Ago in Reason

From the April 2002 issue

"Sometimes you can't believe that we live in the same country with some per-verts -- but the headlines scream at you: 'Hustler Magazine Chief Gets Prison Term.'...The perverts in this case are the honorable members of the Ohio Legislature."

-- Frontlines, "Locking up Perverts"

"If technology continues to move faster than bureaucracy (a fairly safe bet), we may well wake up one morning and find that the Postal Service has become obsolete."

-- Trends, "Postal Service Demise?"

"If you're a philosopher and you're good, it's inevitable that you end up in prison, or close to prison, or in exile."

-- Timothy Leary interview, "Timothy Leary's New Trip"

"The best gang in the world, the most powerful and the most enlightened gangster group that's controlling territory, is the U.S. government. They give you more freedom, more latitude and longitude, and we're very pleased and proud to say that we're going to deal with them."

-- Timothy Leary interview, "Timothy Leary's New Trip"