March 1996

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Editor's Notes

• Drug Charge

  Jacob Sullum

  Why are more kids using drugs?

• Clueless

  Virginia Postrel

  Most people don't pay much attention to the news--which makes you wonder about those polls.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Gun Poor

  Brian Doherty

  Does gun control discriminate against the poor?

• Down With Taxes

  Ed Carson

  State tax cuts in 1995

• Everybody Out of the Pool

  Kenneth Green

  Unpopular carpool rules are finally running out of gas.

• Fighting the Net Nannies

  Rick Henderson

  A new grassroots family group battles cyberspace censors.

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Disclosure Flaw

  Brian Doherty

  The perils of campaign-finance disclosure laws.

• Energy Crisis?

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Don't have a cow about Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary.

Features

• That "Can't Do" Spirit

  Susan Lee

  Why owning your own business is no loner a recipe for independence.

• Second Reading

  Daniel D. Polsby

  Treating the Second Amendment as normal constitutional law.

• Retirement Plans

  Rick Henderson

  The untold story of the budget battle: Because "mediscare" hasn't worked, privatizing Social Security has become possible. Here's how things might shape up.

Interviews

• Changing Channels

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  C-SPAN's Brian Lamb on how unfiltered reporting and media competition are transforming American politics.

Book Reviews

• The Forgotten Founder

  Steven Hayward

• American Scream

  Nick Gillespie

• Burning Questions

  Jacob Sullum