December 2002

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note: Looking For Hate In All the Wrong Places

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Argentine Revolution

  Jesse Walker

  Spontaneous assemblies

• Bones of Contention

  Brian Doherty

  Free Kennewick Man!

• Stuffed Face

  Charles Paul Freund

  One man's war on pleasure

• Big Fat Idiots

  Jacob Sullum

  Fast food lawsuits

• Sins of the Author

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Hate and free speech

• The Race to Sell the Moon

  Jesse Walker

  Private space voyages

• No Dollars or Sense

  Lisa Snell

  Edison's bad math

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Free For All

  Sara Rimensnyder

Years Ago

• Thirty Years Ago in Reason

Data

• Data: Over There

  Sara Rimensnyder

Sources

• Source

Columns

• Ecumenical Intolerance

  Cathy Young

  The sin of extremism is neither common to all Muslims nor limited to Islam.

• Wilting Greens

  Ronald Bailey

  The World Summit on Sustainable Development disappointed environmentalists -- and heartened the poor.

• Foreign Intrigue

  Tim Cavanaugh

  What explains the presidential urge to go global?

Features

• Special Education Confidential

  Lisa Snell

  How schools use the "learning disability" label to cover up their failures.

• E Pluribus Umbrage

  Tim Cavanaugh

  The long, happy life of America's anti-defamation industry.

Culture & Reviews

• Fusion Power

  Brian Doherty

  Why only two parties is no fun

• Memory Hole

  Charles Paul Freund

  Why the left wants to forget Uncle Joe.

• Great Escapism

  Chris Mooney

  J.R.R.Tolkien's preindustrial fantasy feeds postindustrial entertainment.

• Mustering the Little Platoons

  John McClaughry

  One mayor's attempt to create active citizens.

• Woe is Media

  Matt Welch

  It's time to save journalism from its saviors.

Artifacts

• Artifact: Towering Stupidity

  Charles Paul Freund