August/September 2003

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note: Uncertain Futures

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Warrantless Tracking

  Brian Doherty

  Eyes in the sky

• Bad Ad

  Julian Sanchez

  Peanuts, candy, heroin

• Rape Behind Bars

  Jesse Walker

  Cell block sexual abuse

• Reporters Sans Entrée

  Matt Welch

  Dept. of Homeland Scrutiny

• Channel Change

  Sara Rimensnyder

  More TV for kids

• The Morning After

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Pharmacies and medical freedom

• Albino Blues

  Tim Cavanaugh

  The Winter of copyright discontent

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Joystick Engineers

Data

• Data

  Ted Balaker

  Government Performance Anxiety

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• Tammy Bruce's Journey

  Cathy Young

  The politics have changed, but the style remains the same.

• Anything but the Ombudsman!

  Matt Welch

  Why newspapers should avoid in-house watchdogs.

• Account Balance

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Can the government really ensure "corporate accountability"?

Features

• Havana Hustle

  Damien Cave

  Cuba's New Socialist Man learns to wheel and deal

• Suspected Terrorist

  Brian Doherty

  Multimillionaire John Gilmore is suing the government to remain anonymous. Is this the last stand for privacy?

• Something's in the Air

  Declan McCullagh

  Liberties in the face of SARS and other infectious diseases

• Forcing Freedom

  Ronald Bailey, Christopher Preble, Christopher Hitchens & Ivan Eland

  Can liberalism be spread at gunpoint?

Interviews

• Really Creative Destruction

  Nick Gillespie

  Economist Tyler Cowen argues for the cultural benefits of globalization

Culture & Reviews

• Journalism's Identity Crisis

  Joli Jensen

  What is the news for?

• Really Creative Destruction

  Nick Gillespie

  Economist Tyler Cowen argues for the cultural benefits of globalization

• Two Cheers for Totalitarian Art

  Jesse Walker

  Some of it's good, and the rest is ripe for mocking

• Is Big Bad?

  SUV critics hold consumers in contempt

• Why Buffy Kicked Ass

  Virginia Postrel

  The deep meaning of TV's favorite vampire slayer

Artifacts

• Artifact

  Charles Paul Freund

  Vase Deferens