December 1997

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Editor's Notes

• Complexity Theory

  Rick Henderson

  If the IRS is abusive, the tax code is worse.

• The Croly Ghost

  Virginia Postrel

  Exorcising the specter haunting American politics

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Commodifying Speech

  Michael W. Lynch

• Colorblind Affirmative Action

  Brian Doherty

• Footloose in Hermosa Beach

  Brian Doherty

• Kiddie Cops

  Brian Doherty

• Green Daze

  Brian J. Taylor

• Old Jewel, New Crown

  Charles Paul Freund

• Annoying Rule

  Jacob Sullum

• Clash and Carry

  Michael W. Lynch

• Retaking the Fifth

  Michael W. Lynch

• Cat Fight

  Nick Gillespie

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• Identity Crisis

  Daniel W. Sutherland

  If the government is serious about keeping illegal immigrants from working, a national ID card may be inevitable.

• Kiddie Pawn

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Educational TV's hyperlink to smut

• Health Nuts

  John Hood

  How Congress kept me from giving my employees Medical Savings Accounts

• For Heaven's Sake

  Walter Olson

  Religious accommodation and other openings for big-government conservatism

• All Things Dull and Ugly

  John J. Pitney, Jr.

Features

• Wagers of Sin

  Robert Detlefsen

  The not-so-secret agenda of America's anti-gambling guru

• Same as the Old Boss?

  Steven Hayward

  California's term limits are under a legal cloud in the federal courts. But what, if anything, has Prop. 140 changed in Sacramento?

Symposiums

• Creating Culture

  Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, Brian Doherty, Charles Paul Freund, Charles Oliver & Frederick Turner

  How to cultivate the arts when the old rules need not apply.

Book Reviews

• The Truth Is Out There

  Charles Paul Freund

• Vexed by the Text

  Michael Greve

• All Things Dull and Ugly

  John J. Pitney, Jr.

• Coloring Crime and Justice

  Daniel D. Polsby