March 1998

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Editor's Notes

• Classification Struggle

  Rick Henderson

  Racial divisions at the White House

• Let's Pretend

  Virginia Postrel

  The "pageant" masquerading as environmental debate

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Preferential Treatment

  Nick Gillespie

• Chart: Clearing the Smog

  Brian Doherty

• Sunshine Reforms

  Brian Doherty

• Booked Up

  Charles Paul Freund

• Red Tape Headaches

  Michael W. Lynch

• Sexual Censorship

  Michael W. Lynch

• Whither Washington?

  Michael W. Lynch

• Canon Fodder

  Nick Gillespie

• Halfway Measures

  Rick Henderson

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quote

Columns

• Masters of Manipulation

  Brian Doherty

  The muzzling of a chiropractor shows the First Amendment is no match for the Federal Trade Commission.

• Dirty Dozen

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Twelve ethical legacies of the Clinton presidency

• Tax Time

  Michael W. Lynch

  How Congress spells relief

• Family Planning

  Walter Olson

  Social engineering tempts the right.

• Carolina Couch Controversy

  John Shelton Reed

  Local busybodies target the front porch.

• Chemical Reaction

  Lynn Scarlett

  The EPA wants to reduce materials, not danger.

Features

• Drug Trial

  Jacob Sullum

• Who Killed Culture

  Charles Paul Freund

  From barbarism to democracy, elites seek a suspect in the reported death of art.

• Velvet Devolution

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Is the "Czech Miracle" over? Or still to come? A report from Prague.

Book Reviews

• Good-Will Hunting

  Allison R. Hayward

• Green Beyond His Years

  Ronald Bailey

• Give Peace a Chance

  Loren Lomasky

• Out of the Mouths of Babes

  Nicholas Schulz

Artifacts

• Artifact: Human Action Comics

  Brian Doherty