January 2001

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Editor's Notes

• Presidential Blowup

  Nick Gillespie

  In an election more obscure than an Antonioni film, Bill Clinton's real legacy comes into focus.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Artistic License

  Brian Doherty

• Saving Indianapolis

  Charles Paul Freund

• DARE Aware

  Jacob Sullum

• Drug War Doctors

  Michael W. Lynch

• Hands-On Experience

  Michael W. Lynch

• Citings

• Child Proof

  Sara Rimensnyder

• Closing Time

  Sara Rimensnyder

• USPS.com

  Sara Rimensnyder

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Labor Pains

  Sara Rimensnyder

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Capital Letters: Stump Speeches

  Michael W. Lynch

Features

• God Talk

  Cathy Young

  The First Amendment vs. freedom of speech

• Shaky Ground

  Gene Callahan

  Why Flexible Rules and Reasonable Regulators Are a Builder's Worst Nightmare.

• America's Most Dangerous Politician

  Michael W. Lynch

  New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson

• Dr. Strangelunch

  Ronald Bailey

  Or: Why we should learn to stop worrying and love genetically modified food.

Culture & Reviews

• Bigger and Badder

  Brian Doherty

  More books are more available than ever before. So who's complaining?

• Muerte a Las Vegas

  Charles Paul Freund

  Will fine art kill Sin City?

• Concealed Weapons

  Joyce Lee Malcolm

  The controversial book Arming America has the facts all wrong.

• The Last Picture Postcard

  Lynn Scarlett

• From Russia With Malice

  Sean McMeekin

Artifacts

• Downmarket Deluxe

  Charles Paul Freund