April 1998

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Editor's Notes

• Boxing Clinton In

  Michael W. Lynch

  New spending? It's time for tax relief.

• Executive Privilege

  Rick Henderson

  "Personal responsibility" applies to everyone but the Clintons.

• License to Grill

  Virginia Postrel

  How the Clintons invited Ken Starr into their private lives.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Deadbeat Deadlines

  Brian Doherty

• Hell No, We Won't Govern

  Brian Doherty

• Stern Measures

  Brian Doherty

• Sun's Spot?

  Brian J. Taylor

• Road Hogs?

  Donald C. Shoup

• Dining Fine

  Jacob Sullum

• Gun Shy

  Jacob Sullum

• Post No Bills

  Jacob Sullum

• The Truth About Youth

  Jacob Sullum

• Just (Don't) Do It

  Michael W. Lynch

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Soundbites

• Soundbite

  Jacob Sullum

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• Heavy Silence

  Michael Fumento

  Why no one wants to talk about obesity and breast cancer

• Tabloid Trash

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Bill Clinton's mounting problems

• More Bang For the Yen?

  Michael J. Oakes

  Japan's financial reforms are more cosmetic than real.

• Tripp Wire

  Walter Olson

  How informers ended up behind every office potted plant.

• The Seven Deadly Sins of Politics

  John J. Pitney, Jr.

  What's wrong with Clinton? Let us count the faults.

• The Broadcast Giveaway

  Adam Clayton Powell III

  When "the public interest" means free ads for politicians

Features

• Dam Fools

  James V. DeLong

  Why federal water management is all wet--and why environmentalists are right to question it.

• Class Acts

  James K. Glassman

  How charter schools are revamping public education in Arizona--and beyond.

• Cowboys, Camels, and Kids

  Jacob Sullum

  Does advertising turn people into smokers?

Book Reviews

• Critical Inquiry

  Nick Gillespie

• Slick Characters

  Jesse Walker

• Women on the Verge

  Cathy Young