April 1999

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Editor's Notes

• Following Suit

  Jacob Sullum

  Clinton wants to stick it to smokers again.

• Power Fantasies

  Virginia Postrel

  The strange appeal of the Y2K bug.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Renaming History

  Mariel Garza

• Love's Labour's Relocated

  Charles Paul Freund

• Papal Beef

  Charles Paul Freund

• Data: High Numbers

  Jacob Sullum

• General Nonsense

  Jacob Sullum

• Road Rage

  Jesse Walker

• Sperm Wars

  Kenneth Silber

• Tax Nightmares

  Mariel Garza

• Voucher Victory

  Michael W. Lynch

• Damned Revenuers

  Ryan H. Sager

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Sources

• Source

Columns

• Reinventing the Border

  Daniel W. Sutherland

  Will Congress finally reform the INS?

• Capital Letters: Judgment Days

  Michael W. Lynch

  In which our man in Washington discovers the newest conservative outrage, prepares for Y2K, and gets a secret identity

• I Want My Satellite TV

  Michael W. Lynch

  The government's television grab

• The Education Precedent

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  School reform flunks its history test.

• A Woburn FAQ

  Walter Olson

  On A Civil Action, skepticism is overdue.

Features

• Word Wars

  Charles Paul Freund

• Mail-Order Movie Madness

  Charles Oliver

• Dense Feedback

  Readers respond to Randal O'Toole dissection of the New Urbanism.

• "The Body" Politic

  Jonathan Rauch

  Minnesota gov. Jesse Ventura slams Republicans, Democrats, and big government.

• Joe's Garage

  Jesse Walker

• All Culture, All the Time

  Nick Gillespie

  It's easier than ever to make and buy culture. No wonder some people are so upset.

• John Henry, RIP

  Nick Gillespie

• Precautionary Tale

  Ronald Bailey

  The latest environmentalist concept--the Precautionary Principle--seeks to stop innovation before it happens. Very bad idea.

Culture & Reviews

• Government Greed

  David Henderson

• Wandering in the Wilderness

  Jesse Walker

• More for Less

  Michael Fumento