Table of Contents
Departments
2 The Corruptions of Being the World's Policeman
Obama's Syria blunder demonstrates the folly of playing international sheriff. Matt Welch
6 Contributors
7 Letters and Reaction
When policing becomes harassment…
12 Citings Gun grabs; SCOTUS v. freedom; cellphone tracking; ObamaCare for thee; online surveillance; change stupid immigration laws…
Columns
8 Eric Holder's Prison Break
The attorney general's belated but welcome criticism of mass incarceration and mandatory minimums. Jacob Sullum
10 No Utopia for Detroit
Until the Motor City fixes its services, liberal and libertarian renewal ideas will remain fantasy. Shikha Dalmia
18 The Kids Aren't All Right Younger Americans are being suffocated by spending, subsidies, and debt. Veronique de Rugy
54 Five Phony Public Health Scares
Activist misinformation harms Americans. Ronald Bailey
70 Drinking for Charity
The rise of the philanthropub. Greg Beato
Features
20 Pot Goes Legit
What the end of prohibition looks like in Colorado. Jacob Sullum
24 Colorado's Rump Prohibitionists
A Denver suburb tries to opt out of marijuana legalization. Jacob Sullum
28 Marijuana Money Muddle
How does a pot dealer pay taxes and write checks? Jacob Sullum
32 Too Stoned to Drive?
Colorado's new DUID standard threatens to treat pot smokers as public menaces–even when they're not. Jacob Sullum
36 How to Break an American City
The municipal bankruptcy mess is heading to a local government near you. Shikha Dalmia, Eric Boehm, Scott Shackford, Ed Krayewski, and Steven Greenhut
48 The Scientific Case for Decriminalization
Neuroscientist Carl Hart on the fundamental ignorance that shapes our national conversation about drug policy.
Culture & Reviews
56 The Death of the Age of Stuff
Peter Bagge
Briefly Noted
60 Katherine Mangu-Ward on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
62 Jacob Sullum on Nathan Belofsky's Strange Medicine
64 Brian Doherty on Evans, Galbraith, and Law's Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society
66 Ed Krayewski on the film Fruitvale Station
60 Hardhats for Peace, Students for War The surprising shape of public opinion in the Vietnam era. Jesse WalkerHardhats, Hippies, and Hawks: The Vietnam Antiwar Movement as Myth and Memory, by Penny Lewis
64 The Myth of the Better War
Faulty history lures Americans into foolish interventions. Christopher Preble
Wrong Turn: America's Deadly Embrace of Counterinsurgency, by Colonel Gian Gentile
68 Meet the Vinyl Community
Welcome to a weird, wonderful world where people watch each other play old records on YouTube. Clark Stooksbury
72 Cops Give Seattle Stoners Special Doritos Snack food helps educate about legalization at Hempfest. Peter Suderman