August/September 2000

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Editor's Note

• Cutting Out the Middlemen

  Nick Gillespie

  It's easier than ever for artists to reach audiences directly. But is that always a good thing?

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• No Trading Today

  Brian J. Taylor

• Toxic Carrots

  Brian J. Taylor

• Plats Interdits

  Charles Paul Freund

• Beer Goggles

  Jeff Taylor

• Access Excess

  Jesse Walker

• Serious Gatekeepers

  Jesse Walker

• The Right to Boyhood

  Michael W. Lynch

• Quantum Leaps

  Ronald Bailey

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Capital Letters: Presidential Contenders

  Michael W. Lynch

  In which our man in Washington hears Earthtone Al and Dubya Bush lower their voices reverently and D.C.'s mayor support vouchers.

• Impure Thoughts

  Virginia Postrel

  Waiting for perfectly "clean" opportunities to apply your principles means you could lose them altogether.

• Confessions of a Macaulay Fan

  Walter Olson

  The great liberal historian appreciated on his bicentenary

Features

• Free Money

  James V. DeLong

  Campaign finance "loopholes" are the best part of the system.

• Workshop Wonderland

  Jerry Jesness

  Who's teaching the teachers?

• How I Bought My Red Miata

  James B. Twitchell

  A personal experience

• In Praise of Consumerism

  James B. Twitchell

  When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. And sometimes even get happy.

• Bio-Invaders

  Ronald Bailey

  Are we under attack by "non-native" species? Should we care?

• Looking Back at Looking Backward

  Tom Peyser

  Edward Bellamy's famous utopian novel is set in today's America. Are we living his crazy dream?

Culture & Reviews

• Cybersilly

  Brian Doherty

• Banana Republics, With Nuts

  Glenn Garvin

Book Reviews

• Grand Inquisitor

  Michael Young

• Strands of Life

  Ronald Bailey

• It's the Story, Stupid

  Steve Kurtz