July 2004

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note: Protectionism in Politics and Prose

  Nick Gillespie

Cartoons

• Fascists Have Feelings, Too

  Peter Bagge

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Regulating Radios

  Julian Sanchez

  Broadcast flag at half-mast.

• Pumping Up

  Brian Doherty

  Fuming over oil prices.

• Miracle in Helena

  Jacob Sullum

  Smoking bans and heart attacks.

• Corporate Soldiers

  Jesse Walker

  Privatizing warfare.

• Search 'n' Sniff

  Julian Sanchez

  Doggie-style Fourth Amendment.

• Lies and Medicare

  Jesse Walker

  Not necessarily the news.

• Outlaw Editors

  Matt Welch

  Change a lede, go to jail.

• Defending Divorce

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Anger, bargaining, acceptance.

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Discussing Disgust

  Julian Sanchez

Years Ago

• 25 Years Ago in Reason

Data

• Data: Flat-Tax Perspective

  Julian Sanchez

Quotes

• Quote and Source

Columns

• Under the Radar

  Cathy Young

  Political correctness never died.

• Only Money

  Matt Welch

  Campaign finance reform bites supporters in the rear.

• Rant: Do the Lynndie Hop

  Nick Gillespie

  How to explain abuses at Abu Ghraib.

Features

• 10 Truths About Trade

  Brink Lindsey

  Hard facts about offshoring, imports, and jobs.

• Bloody Shame

  Caroline Waters

  Unnecessary regulations are making blood banks run dry.

• Grave Injustice

  Steven Vincent

  Federal laws about burial remains put politics before science.

• Confessions of a "Woman-Owned Business" Owner

  Tama Starr

  How I learned to love quotas.

Culture & Reviews

• Flag-Draped Memories

  Charles Paul Freund

  The strange history of war death imagery.

• Big Mac Attack

  Jacob Sullum

  Super Size Me asks the question: Is McDonald's unappealing -- or irresistible?

• Cheating Heart

  Julian Sanchez

  Does capitalism teach people to break the rules?

• Ulysses Unbound

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Why does a book so bad it "defecates on your bed" still have so many admirers?

• The Fun-Loving Founding Father

  Will Wilkinson

  Gouverneur Morris, the first modern American.

Artifacts

• Artifact: When Ads Campaign

  Charles Paul Freund