July 1998

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Editor's Notes

• Timing Error

  Michael W. Lynch

  Politicians just can't keep up with health care markets.

• Mouths Sued Shut

  Jacob Sullum

  Making racketeers out of protesters

• Lost Horizon

  Virginia Postrel

  An alienated GOP hands the future to Al Gore.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Wiring the Gaps

  Adam Clayton Powell III

• Heavy Baggage

  Brian Doherty

• Milk Money

  Brian J. Taylor

• A Tank of Trouble

  Michael W. Lynch

• Just Say Newt

  Michael W. Lynch

• Piece of the Pie

  Michael W. Lynch

• Rigging the Test

  Michael W. Lynch

• Profs' Proposals

  Nick Gillespie

• Smoked Out

  Nick Gillespie

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Data

• Data: Team Colors

  Michael W. Lynch & Rick Henderson

Quotes

• Quote

Sources

• Sources

Columns

• Poetic Licentiousness

  Nick Gillespie

  What does the president see in Leaves of Grass?

• Squeeze Play

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Tax handouts for sports zillionaires--great idea!

• Plane Deal

  Carolyn Lochhead

  Small airlines--and a few politicians--try to again put Washington behind the ticket counter.

• Kingdom of the One-Eyed

  Walter Olson

  ADA advocates show a blind spot on safety.

• Smoking Guns

  Max Schulz

  A big-city mayor trains his sights on weapon makers.

• Jacobean Tragedy

  Jesse Walker

  The gross misinterpretation of an intellectual icon

Features

• French Kiss-Off

  Tyler Cowen

  How protectionism has hurt French films

• Not-So-Radical Republicans

  Stephen Moore

  Why the GOP budget revolution failed--and how it might succeed

• Capitalist Tool Time

  John J. Pitney, Jr.

  Steve Forbe is running for president and may well win the GOP nomination. But whaind of road is he traveling?

Book Reviews

• The Great Contradiction

  Brink Lindsey

• Disney's World

  Steve Kurtz

• Effective Compassion

  Amy Sherman

• Bad Show

  John J. Pitney, Jr.

Artifacts

• Artifact: The FX Files

  Charles Paul Freund