August/September 2004

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note: Battle of the Bulge

  Nick Gillespie

Cartoons

• "Real" "Art"

  Peter Bagge

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• RFID Roundup

  Brian Doherty

  Trying to keep the chips down.

• Judicial Choice

  Jesse Walker

  Shariah comes to Canada.

• Aiding and Betting

  Jacob Sullum

  Online gambling crackdown.

• Cotton Belt

  Jacob Sullum

  Trouble for farm subsidies.

• Extra Credit

  Julian Sanchez

  Charge it to Uncle Sam!

• Not for Lovers

  Julian Sanchez

  Banning same-sex contracts.

• Silent Suits

  Julian Sanchez

  Challenging secrecy...in secret.

• Space Oddities

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Owning the heavens.

• Fat of the Land

  Michael De Alessi

  Fighting obesity with pork.

Soundbites

• Soundbite

  Julian Sanchez

  Who's Right?

Years Ago

• 30 Years Ago in Reason

Data

• Data

  Julian Sanchez

  Segregation Forever?

Quotes

• Source and Quotes

Columns

• Watergate Blowback

  Matt Welch

  The White House's ongoing battle against post-Nixon sunshine laws.

• Taking Science Seriously

  Cathy Young

  Conservative dogma about sex roles ignores inconvenient realities.

• The Wrong Lesson

  David Wallis

  Teaching college reporters to be meek.

Features

• John Perry Barlow 2.0

  Brian Doherty

  The Thomas Jefferson of cyberspace reinvents his body -- and his politics.

• Try, Beloved Country

  John Blundell

  Rumors of South Africa's decline are greatly exaggerated.

• The War on Fat

  Jacob Sullum

  Is the size of your butt the government's business?

• Dr. Feelscared

  Maia Szalavitz

  Drug warriors put the fear of prosecution in physicians who dare to treat pain.

• American Slender

  Nick Gillespie

  When did freedom become just another word for 10 pounds left to lose?

Culture & Reviews

• Historia Discordia

  Brian Doherty

  Meet Kerry Thornley, the second Oswald.

• Globalization Without Tears

  Prakash Loungani

  An economist debates the NGOs.

• Invisible Cities

  Charles Paul Freund

  The changing faces of Washington, D.C.

• Chatroom Revolutionaries

  Marc Johnson

  Iran's dissidents and exiles discover the Web.

Artifacts

• Artifact: Bare Virtue

  Charles Paul Freund