January 1995

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Editor's Notes

• Washington Traps

  Virginia Postrel

  Why Republicans should be irresponsible and impolite.

• Sobriety Test

  Rick Henderson

  How to tell if the GOP is serious about shrinking government.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Left to Their Own Devices

  Alexander Volokh

  FDA death toll rises as regulatory delays increase

• Privatizing Internet

  Brian Doherty

  Phasing out government subsidies for Internet infrastructure

• School Colors

  Ed Carson

  Reaffirming affirmative action

• Winning By Forfeit

  Nick Gillespie

  Recent court decisions limit state seizures.

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Ding Dong

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Charles Murray fails to ring my bell.

• Shock Waves

  Carolyn Lochhead

  Hope for limited-government hegemony on Capitol Hill.

• Teleprompting

  Nick Gillespie

  What TV can teach us about TV.

• Spoils Sports

  Rick Henderson

  The adiministration's civil-rights agenda: income redistribution

• Deficit Delusions

  Robert G. Robinson Jr.

  Clinton can't take credit for temporary good budget news.

Features

• Shock Journalism

  Michael Fumento

  The junk reporting behind the power line-cancer connection

• Storyville

  David Link

  Turning every issue into a drama is warping public policy.

• The Children of Columbus

  Mario Vargas Llosa

  From violent conquest to common culture

Book Reviews

• Resistance Tactics

  Ted Galen Carpenter

• The Delegation Dilemma

  Michael Greve

• Leading Hearts

  Steven Hayward

• Science Friction

  Robert Storey