June 1995

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Editor's Notes

• Scope Trial

  Rick Henderson

  Deficit cuts vs. government cuts

• Food Fight

  Virginia Postrel

  The unreal school lunch debate

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Pay-As-You-Smoke

  Nick Gillespie

  Do cigarette taxes cover related social costs?

• Capital Games

  Nick Gillespie

  Who pays capital gains taxes?

• Vouchers Cash In

  Ed Carson

  School choice prospects are better than ever

• Cybercensors

  Ed Carson

  A new bill threatens Internet users' First Amendment rights.

• Contract Out with America

  Brian Doherty

  Privatization point man feels good about 1996

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Language: Liberating Liberal

  Nick Gillespie

  It's time to take back our name

• Sponge Bath

  Michael Fumento

  How the FDA squeezes women's choices

• Criminal Justice

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Why fresh-squeezed O.J. is best

• Unbalanced Amendment

  Alan Reynolds

  Balanced Budget Amendment, R.I.P.

Features

• Civil Suits

  Walter Olson

  "Loser-Pays makes lawsuits fairer in Europe. It could work here, too.

• Storm Over the Rockies

  Karl Hess Jr.

  The West at war with itself

• Minimal Evidence

  Benjamin Zycher

  Flawed studies drive the call for an increased minimum wage.

Interviews

• Best of Both Worlds

  Brian Doherty

  Milton Friedman reminisces about his career as an economist and his lifetime "avocation" as a spokesman for freedom.

Book Reviews

• Values Judgments

  David Henderson

• Out-of-Focus Groups

  John Hood

• Wretched Refuse

  John J. Miller

• Canon Fire

  Nick Gillespie