July 2001

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note

  Nick Gillespie

• Tomorrow Is Another Day in Court

  Nick Gillespie

  The psychic stakes in the battle over Gone With the Wind

Cartoons

• Common Misconceptions About the Other "L" Word

  Peter Bagge

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Brussels' Broad Brush

  Charles Paul Freund

• Policing the Net

  Jeremy Lott

• Railway Bandits

  Michael W. Lynch

• Clearing the Air

  Jeff Taylor

• Spinning Gold

  Jeff Taylor

• Waste of Energy

  RiShawn Biddle

• Betty Crocker's Crystal Meth

  Sara Rimensnyder

• Jesus, Gandhi, and Other Terrorists

  Sara Rimensnyder

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Rich Response

  Michael W. Lynch

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• McVeigh to Macbeth

  Cathy Young

  The difference between revenge, retribution, and right.

• What Do Women Want?

  Cathy Young

  Feminism seeks new adherents -- and old goals

• Killing Corporations

  Jesse Walker

  The movement to revoke corporate charters has gotten its history confused

• Bleeping on the Job

  Michael W. Lynch

  In which our man in Washington visits the halls of justice to witness gross obscenities and a towering pompadour.

• Passing the Buck

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Who needs responsibility when there's accountability?

Features

• Enemies of Trade

  Evan McElravy

  The FTAA protesters in Quebec were misguided. So was the police-state response to them.

• Global Village or Global Pillage?

  Mario Vargas Llosa

  Why we must create a universal culture of liberty

• Prof. Smith Goes to Washington

  Michael W. Lynch

  Federal Election Commission member Bradley A. Smith takes on campaign finance laws.

• Rage Against the Machines

  Ronald Bailey

  Witnessing the birth of the neo-Luddite movement

Culture & Reviews

• D.C. Jewels

  Charles Paul Freund

  The closing of a historic shop is a triumph of meaning over means.

• Tales of a Gen X Swinger

  Jesse Walker

  A music critic's juvenile cultural politics

• Copywrong

  Mike Godwin

  Why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act hurts the public interest

Book Reviews

• Literary Legislators

  Michael Young

  In praise of partisan writers

Artifacts

• Artifact

  Charles Paul Freund