Issues : June 1999 - Reason Magazine

June 1999

Nimble Fingers

Michael W. Lynch

Congress wants to exempt the Amish from child labor laws. Why not everyone else?
Führer Furor

Nick Gillespie

Is Milosevic a Hitler?
When Doves Cry

Virginia Postrel

Wars without ends

Sermons on the Hill

Michael W. Lynch

In which our man in Washington checks out various political preachers
Sermons on the Hill

In which our man in Washington checks out various political preachers
Roll Reversal

Thomas W. Hazlett

The quiet success of welfare reform
Benighted Elite

Walter Olson

Postmodernist critics of science get their comeuppance

Facts of Life

Alejandro Castellanos

What Bill Clinton doesn't know about sex.
The Atrocity Exhibition

Charles Paul Freund

A war fueled by imagery
Required Reading

Michael W. Lynch

Why is the Bureau of National Affairs Washington's biggest media organization? Because for more than 70 years, it's covered the government's every move.
Taking Back the Fifth

James V. DeLong

As government expands "takings" to intellectual property and other intangibles, will business start to care about property rights?
Conrol Freaks

John J. Miller

Export licensing hurts American companies and doesn't improve national security.
Crime Stoppers

Jim Peron

Frustrated by incompetent policing, South Africans are turning to private alternatives.
That '70s Candidate

John J. Pitney, Jr.

Jimmy Carter with helmet hair
Radio Waves

Jesse Walker

The FCC may change the way it licenses stations. But even if it does nothing, radio will never be the same.
Air War

Ryan H. Sager

Why Congress wants to re-regulate airlines