July 1997

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Editor's Notes

• Fiddling with Foster Care

  Michael W. Lynch

  The feds want to play, too.

• Blurred Vision

  Nick Gillespie

  Seeing beyond government racial categories

• Fatalist Attraction

  Virginia Postrel

  The dubious case against fooling Mother Nature

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Gain for "No Pain"

  Brian Doherty

• No Business Like Home Business

  Brian Doherty

• Opting out of Social Security

  Brian Doherty

• Wet Policy

  Brian Doherty

• Working Women, Give Up

  Brian Doherty

• Biting at the Gag

  Jacob Sullum

• It Ain't Kosher

  Jacob Sullum

• Educating Arizona

  Michael W. Lynch

• Union Dues

  Michael W. Lynch

• Ants in the Belfry

  Nick Gillespie

• Data: A Cost-Ineffective Drug War

  Nick Gillespie

• Building Buzz

  Rick Henderson

• No Justice, No Latte?

  Rick Henderson

• Feckless FEC

  Allison R. Hayward & Steven Hayward

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Syndrome Syndrome

  Nick Gillespie

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Volunteering for Duty

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Mission creep permeates the Summit for America's Future.

• Money Walks

  Jeff Milyo

  Why campaign contributions aren't as corrupting as you think

• Mugging Libertarians

  Walter Olson

  The Weekly Standard's case against laissez faire

• MFNemies

  Rick Henderson

  Beijing's atrocities put free-traders on the defensive

Features

• Origin of the Specious

  Ronald Bailey

  Why do neoconservatives doubt Darwin?

• Money Talking Art

  Charles Paul Freund

  Does cash corrupt or communicate?

• Adieu to the Avant-Garde

  Kanchan Limaye

  As the artistic regime shifts, realism, rhyme, and representation make a comback.

• Armey of the Right

  Carolyn Lochhead

  Majority Leader Dick Armey may well be the next Speaker of the House. What's his agenda?

Book Reviews

• The Record Company, Rosie, Gave Me a Big Advance

  Brian Doherty

• Prohibition's Past and Present

  Jacob Sullum

• Star Scientist

  Kenneth Silber

• Lipstick Traces

  Cathy Young

Artifacts

• Artifact: Gay Profusion

  Charles Paul Freund