August/September 1996

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Web Articles

• Talk Is Cheap

  Cynthia Beltz

  While diplomats bicker over telecom trade rules, new technologies are shattering protectionist barriers.

• Free the Ferrets

  Michael W. Lynch

  California's banal ban on an innocent pet

• Bill & Ted's Irish Misadventure

  Michael McMenamin

  The Clinton administration's meddling has put Ireland on the road to becoming another Bosnia. But it's not too late to change.

Editor's Note

• Darwinian Politics

  Rick Henderson

  Survival instincts of "citizen legislators"

• Past Master

  Virginia Postrel

  Bob Dole's campaign has no future.

Letters

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Citings

• A Hopeful Ratio

  Brian Doherty

  Members of Congress seem less willing to sponsor costly bills

• The Doctor Is In

  William D. Eggers

  An alternative to health care cost catastrophes

• Let Loose the Costs of War

  Brian Doherty

  They can be higher than expected.

• The Perils of Success

  Rick Henderson

  Revisiting New Zealand's decade of privatization

• An End to Highway Robbery?

  Rick Henderson

  Lower taxes, less pork, better roads

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Hill & Billy

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  The Clinton administration's school for scandal

• Cyber Seducers?

  Julie DeFalco

  The latest on-line outrage

• Martyr Me, Please

  Ed Carson

  Campus lefties try to stamp out alternative viewpoints, but end up looking stupid.

Features

• Eternal Life

  Jonathan Rauch

  Why government programs won't die.

• Can Washington Change?

  Jonathan Rauch says probably not. We asked a group of experts, inside and outside Washington, whether he's right.

• The Reason of the Clerks

  Terry B. Kinney Jr.

  Believe it or not, federal bureaucrats can be the taxpayers' best friends.

Book Reviews

• The Militias Are Coming

  David B. Kopel

• Pound Foolish

  Susan Lee

• Its Own Reward

  Loren Lomasky

• In Medias Res

  Nick Gillespie

• Road Warrior

  Robert Poole