June 2006

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note: Mission Accomplished, or Mission Impossible?

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Kidney Kickbacks

  Kerry Howley

  Organs and incentives

• Scrubbing 'Dirty Bombs'

  Brian Doherty

  Explosive hype

• Wii the Living

  Kerry Howley

  Video games and violence

• Self-Exploitation

  Radley Balko

  Child porn prosecutions

• Bad Education

  Lisa Snell

  The high cost of "free" preschool.

• Collecting DNA

  Brian Doherty

  Database mission creep

• Wall of Confusion

  Jeff Taylor

  Immigration policy follies

• Tea for 130

  Jacob Sullum

  Religious rituals and the drug war

• Eternal Vacation

  Kerry Howley

  An uptick in downtime

• Stripping Cable

  Julian Sanchez

  The war on "indecency"

• Thin Population

  Jacob Sullum

  Urban sprawl and obesity

• Next Beer in Jerusalem

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Boozing with Hamas

• Hustler on the Hill

  Julian Sanchez

  Free speech and free porn

• Confining Space

  Jeff Taylor

  Regulating space travel

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Defending Ads From the Advertisers

  Kerry Howley

Years Ago

• 25 Years Ago in Reason

Data

• Data: Welfare As We Know It

  Jesse Walker

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• How the FBI Let 9/11 Happen

  Jeff Taylor

  The smoldering gun was right there all the time.

• The Jihad Against Muslims

  Cathy Young

  When does criticism of Islam devolve into bigotry?

• Do They Dare to Say "Impeach"?

  Tim Cavanaugh

  One person's airtight legal case is another's "Stay out the Bushes."

Features

• Three Views on Iraq, Three Years Later

  Michael Young, Tom Palmer & Leon Hadar

  In May 2003 George W. Bush declared "mission accomplished" in Iraq. A trio of analysts debates the current state of the region.

• What Detroit Can Learn From Bangalore

  Shikha Dalmia

  A booming city's lessons for a town in decline

• Where Did India's Skilled Labor Come From?

  Shikha Dalmia

  The surprising role of private education

• The Rise and Fall of Indian Socialism

  Sam Staley

  Why India embraced economic reform

• The President's Rotten Record on Trade

  Bruce Bartlett

  Why George W. Bush is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover

Book Reviews

• Sucking in the Mid-to-Late '70s

  Tim Cavanaugh

  How the Carter-Reagan era set the course for contemporary America.

• God, Guts, and Granola

  Robert Stacy McCain

  A manifesto for "crunchy conservatives" forgets why self-interest is important.

• Healthy City Living

  Sam Staley

  Are suburbs making us sick?

• The Parables of Octavia Butler

  Amy Sturgis

  A science-fiction writer's rich libertarian legacy

Artifacts

• Artifact: Nature Boy for Property Rights

  Tim Cavanaugh