January 2006

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note: The Really Big Picture

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• The Secret Sharer

  Matt Welch

  Executive patent privilege.

• Mistakes Will Be Made

  Ted Balaker

  NASA's money pit.

• Sorry, Wrong Number

  Matt Welch

  Truly roving wiretaps.

• Byrd Watching

  Kerry Howley

  Corporate welfare queens.

• Takings, Take 2

  Jacob Sullum

  Eminent domain in state courts.

• Stop the Music

  Julian Sanchez

  Taking on the record industry.

• Don't Ask, Yet

  Julian Sanchez

  Gays in combat.

• Scare Quotes

  Jeff Taylor

  Watching The Watchtower.

• That Chemo Cachet

  Jacob Sullum

  Medical marijuana and kids.

• Kentucky School Days

  Tim Cavanaugh

  The four-day school week.

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Unscientific Methods

  Julian Sanchez

Years Ago

• 25 Years Ago in Reason

Data

• Data: Treat the Rich

  Kerry Howley

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• The Tsars Come Out

  Cathy Young

  A gloomy prognosis for Russian freedom.

• Rant: Critics in Blue Helmets

  Tim Cavanaugh

  The U.N. blocks the only invasion where they really do welcome us with flowers.

• From Bob Woodward to Judith Miller

  Matt Welch

  The country's most reviled reporter is a direct descendant of its most beloved.

Features

• Sarbanes-Oxley vs. the Free Press

  John Berlau

  How the government used business regulations to strong-arm the media.

• Giving Away the Store to Get a Store

  Daniel McGraw

  Tax increment financing is no bargain for taxpayers.

• You Can Be Too Careful

  Brian Doherty

  How the government's new corporate accounting rules impede efficiency and stifle innovation.

• Who's Afraid of Human Enhancement?

  A Reason debate on the promise, perils, and ethics of human biotechnology.

Culture & Reviews

• I, T-Shirt

  Kerry Howley

  A T-shirt's journey unravels the costs of protectionism.

• The Books That Rock the Cradle

  Stuart Anderson

  Libertarian themes in children's fiction.

• The Gentle Persuader

  Jeff Taylor

  The long shadow of Alan Greenspan.

• Totalitarian Busybodies

  Glenn Garvin

  The horrors of the Stasi's East Germany.

• Geena Davis Is Not My President

  Gene Healy

  The bipartisan romance with the imperial presidency comes to prime time.

Artifacts

• Artifact: Virtual People Power

  Jesse Walker