April 2006

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Editor's Notes

• Raising Educational Expectations

  Nick Gillespie

Citings

• Patent Remedies

  Brian Doherty

  Do we need drug patents?

• Recorded History

  Julian Sanchez

  Locked up by copyright laws.

• Military Intelligence

  Matt Welch

  The Pentagon spies on activists.

• Rules of the Game

  Ronald Bailey

  Buying hunting rights.

• Company Lore

  Kerry Howley

  Job security myths.

• Evasive Driving

  Jacob Sullum

  Smoking ban loophole.

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Inside the Puzzle Palace

  Julian Sanchez

Columns

• Government Goons Murder Puppies!

  Radley Balko

  The drug war goes to the dogs.

• Farewell to Warblogging

  Matt Welch

  I used to think blogs would transform ideologues into nonpartisan truth-seekers. Man, was I wrong.

• The Return of the Mommy Wars

  Cathy Young

  Is a stay-at-home mom a traitor to feminism?

Features

• Postmodern Politics in Action

  Robert Nelson

  Ten signposts, past and present, to the coming decentralized political order.

• The Mobility Myth

  Alison Stein Wellner

  Pundits love to fret about our "increasingly mobile society," but Americans are actually more likely than ever to stay put.

• The Agony of American Education

  Lisa Snell

  How per-student funding can revolutionize public schools.

• Welcome to the New—and Private—Neighborhood

  Robert Nelson

  Local government in a world of postmodern pluralism.

• Meet Arlene Ackerman

  Lisa Snell

  The woman who shook up San Francisco's schools.

Culture & Reviews

• What Good Are the Arts?

  Nick Gillespie

  A brilliant case for literature.

• How Did Iraq Go Wrong?

  Michael Young

  Liberal hawks blame incompetence but sidestep American narcissism.

• The Myth of the Passive Indian

  Amy Sturgis

  Was America before Columbus just a "continent of patsies"?

• Thunder on the Center-Right

  W. James Antle, III

  The Weekly Standard turns 10.

• Mostar's Little Dragon

  Alexander Zaitchik

  How Bruce Lee became a symbol of peace in the Balkans.

Book Reviews

• I'm OK—You're a Hypocrite

  Jeremy Lott

  A little contradiction is good for America.

Artifacts

• Artifact: Turn On, Tune In, Drive a Computer Revolution

  Nick Gillespie