June 2003

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Editor's Notes

• Editors Note: Ozymandias Redux

  Nick Gillespie

Cartoons

• In Praise of Meaningless Crap

  Peter Bagge

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Mother's Little Helpers

  Brian Doherty

  Welfare-to-work kids are all right

• Baghdad Rock

  Charles Paul Freund

  Heavy metal dissent

• Text Talk

  Charles Paul Freund

  Language revolution

• Drink Up Anyway

  Jacob Sullum

  Wine label censorship

• Tainted by Drugs

  Jacob Sullum

  The war on pipes and dancing

• The Dubious Anarchist

  Jesse Walker

  Libya's libertarian rhetoric

• Trading Places

  Jesse Walker

  White House rhetoric and reality

• Rent-a-Country

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Prince for a day

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Lightening Up

  Nick Gillespie

Data

• Data: Not Keeping the Faith

  Sara Rimensnyder

Quotes

• Quotes and Source

Columns

• Gay Rights Go to Court

  Cathy Young

  Sodomy laws, same-sex marriage, and the future of homosexual rights.

• Gulf of Misunderstanding

  Nick Gillespie

  What this war says about the state of the media.

Features

• Smackdown!

  Jacob Sullum

  Which drug is most addictive?

• Quacks and Flacks

  Chris Mooney

  The pitfalls of seeking a scientific foundation for alternative medicine.

• H

  Jacob Sullum

  The surprising truth about heroin and addiction.

• What Next for U.S. Foreign Policy?

  Jesse Walker

  Power, stability, and the post-Iraq world order.

Culture & Reviews

• Look Who's Rocking the Casbah

  Charles Paul Freund

  The revolutionary implications of Arab music videos.

• God Only Knows

  Jodie T. Allen

  The conflicting demands of wartime prayers.

• Studied Stupidity

  Jacob Sullum

  Respect to Da Ali G Show.

• Teddy Roosevelt's Hidden Legacy

  Michael McMenamin

  How an "imperialist" president's record makes the case for military restraint.

Artifacts

• Artifact

  Charles Paul Freund

  The Pull of Culture