January 2007

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Editor's Notes

• Getting Beyond Politics as Usual

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

  January 2007

Letters

• Letters

  January 2007

Citings

• Vietnamese Resistance

  Kerry Howley

  God and government in New Orleans

• Saucer Scandal

  Jesse Walker

  UFO Cover-Up!

• Woodpecker Massacre

  Ronald Bailey

  The threat of threatened species

• Internet Unleashed

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  ICANN escape

• Contract Killings

  Tim Cavanaugh

  The new normal in Iraq

• Drug Brakes

  Ronald Bailey

  Is a slow FDA a safe FDA?

• 'Bizarre' Effects

  Brian Doherty

  Tax plans face off

• Tired Ideas

  Jeff Taylor

  Reef rescue rebuffed

• Keep Off the Gras

  David Weigel

  New Jersey v. Duck Liver

• Squat for Teacher

  Jacob Sullum

  Searching students

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

  January 2007.

Soundbites

• Soundbite: End of the Rainbow

  Jacob Sullum

Years Ago

• 30 Years Ago in Reason

  January 1977

Data

• Immigrants Cause Insurance Crisis!

  Brian Doherty & Megan McArdle

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• One Man's Culture War

  Cathy Young

  Bill O'Reilly sticks up for the little guy--that is, himself.

• Ticking Bombast

  Jim Henley

  What would you do to save millions of lives?

• The Myth of the 'Values Voters'

  David Weigel

  The Republicans handed libertarian votes--and the elections--over to the Democrats.

Features

• The Pinpoint Search

  Julian Sanchez

  How super-accurate surveillance technology threatens our privacy

• How We Got to Caballes

  Julian Sanchez

  The cases that shaped Fourth Amendment law

• The Trouble with Troubled Teen Programs

  Maia Szalavitz

  How the "boot camp" industry tortures and kills kids

• Is Liberalism Dead in Central Europe?

  Marian Tupy

  The disturbing return of socialism and authoritarianism in the former Soviet bloc.

• Space Travel for Fun and Profit

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  The private space industry soars higher by lowering its sights.

Culture & Reviews

• What We Believe

  Peter Bagge

  America's favorite myths

• Crying Censorship

  Cheryl Miller

  Shocking the bourgeoisie--it's nice work if you can get it.

Book Reviews

• Trading on Reputation

  Christopher Faille

  Stateless justice in the medieval Mediterranean.

• The Era of Big Government Never Ended

  Charles Oliver

  Taking stock of the challenges to freedom

• Paradise Lost

  John McClaughry

  A populist's nostalgic ode to an America gone by

Artifacts

• Artifact

  Nick Gillespie

  Boy Scouts and Pirates