35 Years of reason

A history in excerpts

From the December 2003 issue

(Page 5 of 13)

June 1981

There is no "Reagan New Deal," and nothing either historic or revolutionary is going on....There are no budget cuts; there is no tax cut. The government deficit continues to be huge; the disastrous inflationary monetary policy continues in place.

-- "The Reagan Fraud," Murray N. Rothbard

September 1984

In trying to subdue Afghanistan, the Soviets may well be playing a game of Russian roulette. Almost 20 years ago, Louis Dupres predicted, "If you want to kill the Soviet Union, get it to try to eat Afghanistan." After going inside the country twice with the mujaheddin, and personally witnessing the spirit and courage of the Afghan people, I think there is a chance he may be proven right.

-- "Fighting the Soviet Imperialists," Jack Wheeler

October 1985

Passage of the Indianapolis anti-pornography ordinance is the culmination of a trend toward repression that has been mounting for more than a decade. It also symbolizes the power of a surprising new tactical alliance between left-wing feminists and political conservatives on censorship issues. Those two disparate factions might disagree on everything else, but they are linked by a determination to eliminate the circulation of values they consider anti-social.

-- "Porn Busters," Ted Galen Carpenter

November 1986

An energetic new prime minister, Jacques Chirac -- known as "the Bulldozer" for his determined style when mayor of Paris -- has taken office on a platform that includes privatization, tax cuts, deregulation, and other sweeping assaults on the traditional practice of dirigisme, or state-directed development.

-- "The French Revolution of 1986," Mark Frazier

June 1987

Hardly anyone today anywhere in the world will say that the way to get efficient production is through nationalized enterprises or that the way to solve every social problem is to have government throw more money at it. In that area we have won the battle.

-- "Where Are We on the Road to Liberty?," Milton
Friedman

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