April 2009

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Editor's Notes

• The Liberaltarian Jackalope

  Matt Welch

  The liberal-libertarian rapprochement is probably dead on arrival.

Contributors

• Contributors: Bryan Riley, William L. Anderson, Candice E. Jackson, Daniel M. Rothschild

Letters

• Letters: Houses of pain, burn the speculators

Citings

• An Annoying Law

  Jacob Sullum

  Free speech in Michigan

• I Luv U, Mom

  Ronald Bailey

  Tech family unity

• Subprime Nation

  Matt Welch

  Uncle Sam's mortgage

• Rating the Internet

  Brian Doherty

  Child-proofing the Web?

• Super Sperm

  Radley Balko

  The DNA-denying prosecutor

• Rank Order

  Shikha Dalmia

  Changing college ratings

• Guns in Parks?

  Brian Doherty

  The Second Amendment in nature

• Bush's Second Term: Our Predictions Revisited

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

• City vs. Church

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  Zoning the homeless

• Leave Allah Alone!

  Ronald Bailey

  Free speech at the U.N.

• The Paramour Clause

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  The state vs. sleepovers

• SLAPP Silly

  Jacob Sullum

  Developers vs. free speech

Soundbites

• State of Insecurity

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

Years Ago

• 30 years ago in reason: Thomas Winslow Hazlett, Robert Poole Jr., Gary Hudson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quotes

Lists

• Economic Forecast

  Peter Schiff

Columns

• Guantanamo State of Mind

  Jacob Sullum

  President Obama should reject the arrogance that made the infamous prison possible.

• Stimulating Ourselves to Death

  Veronique de Rugy

  They might sound great, but do stimulus packages work?

• Stop the Great Chastisement, I'm Not Getting Off

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Why aren't opponents of consumption happy about the recession?

• Criminal Verite

  Greg Beato

  Mug shots—funny and unusual punishment

Features

• Putting Stars Behind Bars

  William L. Anderson & Candice E. Jackson

  How did breaking sports rules become a federal offense?

• Forensics Fraud?

  Radley Balko

  Experts say this video shows a doctor manufacturing evidence. So why is a man still on death row?

• Unclenching the Fist

  Cathy Young

  U.S.-Russian relations in the age of Obama

Interviews

• 'We Have a Lot of Work to Do'

  Ted Balaker

  ABC's John Stossel on defending the market from within the liberal media

Culture & Reviews

• Who Moved My Government Cheese?

  Bryan Riley

  The second coming of Rainmakers frontman Bob Walkenhorst

• Europe Gets Punk'd

  Michael C. Moynihan

  An artist pulls a prank on the E.U.

• Briefly Noted: Psychedelic Old Time Radio

  Jesse Walker

• Briefly Noted: The Totalitarian Architect

  Radley Balko

• Briefly Noted: Marketplace of Ideas

  Damon W. Root

• Briefly Noted: Outlaw Art

  Joanne McNeil

• Whitewashing FDR

  Daniel Rothschild

  A New Deal apologia arrives just in time for Barack Obama.

• A Forgotten Civil Rights Hero

  Damon W. Root

  The unappreciated legacy of entrepreneur-activist T.R.M. Howard