August/September 1995

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Editor's Notes

• The Lethal Center

  Virginia Postrel

  The dangers of quick-fix consensus

• Monopoly Games

  Brian Doherty

  Who's got the market power?

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Train Stopped A-Rollin'?

  Brian Doherty

  Amtrak may finally go the way of the buffalo.

• King of the Highway

  Ed Carson

  Congress may return speed limits to states.

• Weights and Half-Measures

  Jacob Sullum

  The federal government reconsiders marijuana and crack sentences.

• Electric Blues

  Nick Gillespie

  The bad news about zero-emission cars

• It's a Date

  Rick Henderson

  Government costs less this year.

• Listen Up!

  Brian Doherty

  Federal wiretapping reaches all-time high.

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Unreasonable Accommodation

  Brian Doherty

  The case against the Americans with Disabilities Act

• The Mall's in Their Court

  Scott G. Bullock

  Forcing shoppers into the public square

• Chilled Prodigy

  Eugene Volokh

  An "anti-censorship" libel ruling threatens choice in cyberspace.

• Roast Pork

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Is Social Security really still untouchable?

• Race & the Numbers Racket

  Charles Oliver

  The future of affirmative action may depand on a California ballot initiative--and the initiative's fate may depend on numbers the state's universities would rather not release.

• Prescription Remedies

  Rick Henderson

  A broad coalition of deregulators is gearing up to reform the FDA. How far will they go?

Interviews

• Interview with the Vamp

  Virginia Postrel

  Why Camille Paglia hates affirmative action, defends Rush Limbaugh, and respects Ayn Rand

Book Reviews

• Antitrust Busters

  Rick Henderson

• National Velcro

  Michael Barone

• Crime-Stoppers' Textbooks

  Morgan O. Reynolds

• Daddy Dearest

  Nick Gillespie

• Private Idahoes

  John McClaughry