February 1999

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Editor's Note

• Strange Days

  Nick Gillespie

  Baby boomers fixate on "national purpose."

• Rumor Mongers

  Virginia Postrel

  "Neutral" technocrats sign on to anti-technology smear campaigns.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Courtroom Shootout

  Brian Doherty

• Red Zone

  Henry Payne

• Data on Demand

  Jacob Sullum

• All Wet

  James V. DeLong

• Contract Killer

  Michael W. Lynch

• Old-Time Celebration

  Michael W. Lynch

• Soundbite: Wild Idea

  Michael W. Lynch

• Strip Steak

  Michael W. Lynch

• Bone Sell

  Ryan H. Sager

• Desperate Measures

  Ryan H. Sager

• Too Kool?

  Ryan H. Sager

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Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• BRICKBATS

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quotes

Sources

• Sources

Columns

• Tongue of Newt

  John J. Pitney, Jr.

  The political power of language

• The 48-Hour Fix

  Mariel Garza

  A new law keeps moms and newborns in the hospital longer--but they still may be getting shorted on care.

• Capital Letters: Michael and Me

  Michael W. Lynch

• Rank and Bile

  Michael W. Lynch

  How the Teamsters try to silence dissenters.

• HMO Phobia

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Quack remedies for the health care "crisis"

• Standard Accommodations

  Walter Olson

  The road to universal disability

Features

• Fast-Track Impasse

  Brink Lindsey

  U.S. trade polcy is dead in the water. Here's how to get it moving again.

• Martian Chronicle

  John Tierney

  Mars may well be the next great frontier. But what kind of world should we make there?

• The Dilbert Doctrines: An Interview with Scott Adams

  Virginia Postrel

Culture & Reviews

• Bad Will Toward Men

  Cathy Young

• Behind the Green Door

  Lynn Scarlett

• Tasty Economics

  Max Schulz

• Unexplored Tributaries

  Richard Epstein

Artifact

• Artifact: A Perfect Shot

  Nick Gillespie