April 2000

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Editor's Notes

• Mergers and Disquisitions

  Nick Gillespie

  Reasons not to sweat AOL-Time Warner--and other megadeals.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Digital Doubts

  Adam Clayton Powell III

• Hazardous Decisions

  Brian J. Taylor

• Anti-Gun Culture

  Jacob Sullum

• DVD'd to Death

  Jeff Taylor

• Tax Happy

  Jeff Taylor

• Mental Detector

  Mariel Garza

• Strikeout Reform

  Mariel Garza

• Rush to Judgment

  Ronald Bailey

• Bewitched

  Ryan H. Sager

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Parental Leave

  Jonathan Ellis

Data

• Data: Just Send Money

  Michael W. Lynch

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Sources

• Sources

Columns

• Capital Letters: Marriage Penalty

  Michael W. Lynch

  In which our man in Washington learns about conservative sex, Thomas Jefferson's HMO woes, and back-alley bookies.

• President Scarface

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  How Bill Clinton runs the press like Capone ran Chicago.

• The In-Box Presidency

  Cathy Young

  What's behind the politics of personality.

• Office Managers

  Walter Olson

  OSHA's retreat from its bid to regulate home workplaces sets a subversive precedent.

Features

• Secrets of the Clinton Spectacle

  Charles Paul Freund

  A five-step program for surviving endless scandal.

• Miranda Morass

  Cathy Young

  The Supreme Court may repeal your right to remain silent. What should come next?

• Rebel Convoys

  Jesse Walker

  Civil disobedience changes FCC policy--again.

• Billions Served: Norman Borlaug interviewed by Ronald Bailey

  Ronald Bailey

• Show Me the Documents

  Robert A. Levy

  Why many activists prefer personal attacks to scientific debate.

• The Drug War's Southern Front

  Timothy Pratt

  Colombia, cocaine, and U.S. foreign policy.

Culture & Reviews

• One-Track Mind

  Brian Doherty

• Network Drama

  Steven R. Postrel

Book Reviews

• Ad Vice

  Timothy Virkkala

Artifacts

• Artifact: Barbed Image

  Charles Paul Freund