August/September 2006

Happy 40th Birthday, Star Trek

Why Captain Kirk's story is the story of America

Tim Cavanaugh

Politics

The Honorable Representative from Ohio Will Now Beam Up

James Traficant's greatest Trek hits

Shopping for Me, But Not for Thee

The complications of voluntary simplicity

Cheryl Miller

Endangered Evolutionists

A new film ponders the popularity of "intelligent design."

Kenneth Silber

Books

The Vitiated Center

The successful failures of right and left intellectuals.

Editor's Note

Editor's Note: What Immigration Crisis?

Nick Gillespie

Columns

Politics

How Did You Vote During the War, Daddy?

Public disenchantment with the war probably won't matter in November.

Too Diverse to Be 'Diversity'

Is it "harassment" to recommend a book?

Cathy Young

Fear of a Brown Planet

Immigration hawks send out an SOS: "More white babies!"

David Weigel

Citings

Hit List

Deadly sex offender registries

Tim Cavanaugh

Civil Liberties

Nothing Personal

The NSA's illegal data collection

Jacob Sullum

Tax and Lend

Small-business subsidies

Kerry Howley

Open Secrets

Classification Overkill

Jacob Sullum

Moonshine Mirage

Ethanol and independence

Ronald Bailey

Free to Paint

Graffitit law tagged out?

World

Financial Friendly Fire

Dead and wounded debtors

Tim Cavanaugh

Politics

The Fox Effect

Cable news and elections

Crystal Smear

Meth joke backlash

David Weigel

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor

Newark's New Choice

Cory Booker interviewed by David Weigel

David Weigel

25 Years Ago in Reason

Data: Goodbye to Big Government?

Nick Gillespie

Letters

Contributors

Artifact

Artifact: Andy Warhol's Ironic Achievement

Nick Gillespie

Quotes