August/September 2009

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Editor's Note

• California Screaming

  Matt Welch

  The Golden State's political class comes unglued in the face of a citizens' revolt.

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters: When do deficits matter?, hating Milton Friedman...

Citings

• Runaway Runway

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  Vanity stimulus

• Step Away From the Car

  Jacob Sullum

  Rare Fourth Amendment victory

• Weed Control

  Brian Doherty

  Feds make bad dealers

• Cigarette Gag

  Jacob Sullum

  Smokes and speech

• Unaccountable Obama

  Radley Balko

  So much for transparency

• Horse Thieves

  Jeff Winkler

  Seizing the Preakness

• Just Compensation?

  Radley Balko

  Testing the Takings Clause

• So Long, Surplus

  Brian Doherty

  Social Security unstimulated

• Nativist International

  Jeff Winkler

  Bribing immigrants to leave

• Parking Pass

  Sam Staley

  Privatization gone wrong

• Taxing the Net

  Brian Doherty

  Sales tax cartel

• DIY Park Repairs

  Jeff Winkler

  Community organizing

• Love for Hate Crime Laws

  Jacob Sullum

Soundbites

• The Failure of African Aid

  Michael C. Moynihan

Years Ago

• 25 Years Ago in reason

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quotes

Lists

• Judge Dred

  Andrew Napolitano

Columns

• Hawk in Hock

  Jacob Sullum

  Obama pretends to be frugal as we sink deeper in debt.

• The Shifting Frontiers of Animal Rights

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Activists yawn as animals lurch toward a hybrid future.

• Survival Television

  Greg Beato

  Learning to love the vast wasteland to come

• Destroying Jobs in Order to Save Them

  Veronique de Rugy

  Obama's corporate tax "reforms" make a bad situation worse.

Features

• Miami Vice

  Ryan Grim

  The rise of Florida's cocaine economy

• The Drug Czar's High Math

  Ryan Grim

  How phony statistics about cocaine prices hide the truth about the war on drugs

• Illegal. Illiberal. Ill-Fated.

  Jacob Sullum, Matt Welch & Ronald Bailey

  Why Washington shouldn't run Detroit

• The Case for Doing Nothing

  Jeffrey A. Miron

  The only plausible argument for bailing out banks crumbles on close examination.

Interviews

• Tweeting Under Fire

  Jesse Walker

  Disaster researcher Jeannette Sutton explores how ordinary people create their own media during crises.

Culture & Reviews

• Disturbing the Peace

  Brendan O'Neill

  On the inalienable right to "excessively noisy sex"

• Bumbling Big Brother

  Jacob Sullum

  What Americans can learn from the British experience with government surveillance

• Briefly Noted: Super Porn

  Brian Doherty

• Briefly Noted: Future Biotech Farmers of America

  Ronald Bailey

• Briefly Noted: A Country Singer Can Evolve

  Damon W. Root

Artifact

• Freedom Blasters

  Radley Balko

  A Chicago alderman takes on property rights and free speech.