January 1998

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Editor's Notes

• The Kids Are All Right

  Nick Gillespie

  The White House invents a child care crisis.

• Creative Insecurity

  Virginia Postrel

  The complicated truth behind the rise of Microsoft

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Medicare: Robin Hood in Reverse

  Brian Doherty

• You're Soaking In It!

  Jacob Sullum

• Just Shut Up

  Michael W. Lynch

• Love and Taxes

  Michael W. Lynch

• Better Losers?

  Nick Gillespie

• Grand Mal

  Nick Gillespie

• Private Parts

  Nick Gillespie

• Cruise Controls

  Rick Henderson

• Taking Initiative

  Rick Henderson

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Soundbites

• Soundbite: New-Media Personality

  Nick Gillespie

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Peking Duck

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Selling out--constructively

• Their Own Petard

  Walter Olson

  Fans of activist litigation discover the other guy can sue too.

Features

• Stoned in Santa Barbara

  Brian Doherty

  A family owned quarry business is no match for determined bureaucrats.

• Loco, Completamente Loco

  Glenn Garvin

  The many failures of "bilingual education"

• Shaky Recovery

  Michael J. Oakes

  Three years after a devastating earthquake, Kobe is still in ruins. Why can't Japan cope with diasasters?

Book Reviews

• The Quest for the Holy Rail

  Steven Hayward

• The Man with the Plan

  Brink Lindsey

• Organizing Principals

  Richard C. Seder

• Masters of the Universe

  Kenneth Silber

Artifacts

• Artifact: Che Pasa

  Nick Gillespie