February 1997

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Web Articles

• Reform Campaign Finance

  Rick Henderson

  (Enforce the Law)

Editor's Notes

• Priced to Move

  Virginia Postrel

  The CPI can't keep up with a dynamic economy.

Letters

• Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Internet Responsibility

  Brian Doherty

• Big Burden, Little Burden

  Brian Doherty

• Mail It In

  Ed Carson

• Campaign Chutzpah

  Ed Carson

• Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Liver?

  Ed Carson

• Not in Service

  Ed Carson

• Truth in Advertising

  Ed Carson

• Drug Control Panels

  Jacob Sullum

• Sweet Nightmares

  Jacob Sullum

• Correspondence Course

  Nick Gillespie

• Fewer Guns, More Babies

  Nick Gillespie

• Model Citizens?

  Nick Gillespie

• And the Winner Is...

  Rick Henderson

• Libertarians Elect Democrat?

  Rick Henderson

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• Class Warfare

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  It's soccer moms vs. poor kids--in a rout.

• Advertising and Decadence

  Brian Doherty

  It's not all downhill for political ads.

• Judge Gags Rudy and Rupert

  Michael McMenamin

  First Amendment mugged!

• Contract Killers

  John J. Miller

  Selling out privatization at the INS

Features

• Dances With Myths

  Terry L. Anderson

  Half-truths about American Indians' environmental ethic obscure the rational ways in which they have lived with and shaped the natural world.

• Prescription: Drugs

  Nick Gillespie

  When California and Arizona overwhelmingly passed initiatives allowing the medical use of marijuana, drug warriors were apoplectic. What do these measures mean?

• The Many Faces of Newt Gingrich

  John J. Pitney, Jr.

  A House speaker divided

• Assimilation, American Style

  Peter D. Salins

  Universalist ideals, capitalism, a plethora of associations, and a love of progress are the secret to interethnic identity.

Interviews

• Happy Warrior

  Rick Henderson & Steven Hayward

  Republican agitator Grover Norquist on building a "leave-us-alone coalition"

Book Reviews

• Divided We Stand

  James M. Buchanan

• Managing Trade's History

  John Nye

• Who Should Pay for Science?

  John Staddon

• A Matter of Respect

  James D. Wright