March 2000

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Editor's Notes

• Prescription for Trouble

  Virginia Postrel

  Online pharmacies challenge traditional medical models, and the regulatory backlash threatens broader Internet freedoms.

• Charter Course

  Nick Gillespie

  As vouchers go to court, charters erode the old-school monopoly.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Bak to Skool

  Brian J. Taylor

• French Farce

  Charles Paul Freund

• Old Elites

  James V. DeLong

• Death Penalty

  Jacob Sullum

• Name Dropping

  Jacob Sullum

• Shot Down

  Jacob Sullum

• Point and Cast

  Jeff Taylor

• I Want My Skin TV

  Michael W. Lynch

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Years Ago

• 30 Years Ago in REASON

Data

• Data: More Than Anybody Wanted

  Michael W. Lynch

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• Easy Money

  Thomas W. Hazlett

• Capital Letters: Light Meals

  Michael W. Lynch

• The Year in Double Takes

  Walter Olson

  Did they really say that?

Features

• Thought Reform 101

  Alan Charles Kors

  The Orwellian implications of today's college orientation.

• Kick Me, I'm For Free Trade

  Brink Lindsey

  With the WTO under siege, free-traders need a new strategy.

• Earthquakes, Mud Slides, & Sandinistas

  Glenn Garvin

  Nicaragua is finally recovering from natural and man-made disasters. So why is it still so crazy?

• Copy Catfight

  Jesse Walker

  How intellectual property laws stifle popular culture.

• Weapons Modernization

  Michael W. Lynch

  How the Clinton administration is expanding its power before it leaves town.

Culture & Reviews

• The Man Question

  Cathy Young

• Institutional Support

  John Nye

• Capitalism's Poet Laureate

  Paul A. Cantor

• Rational Natives

  Terry L. Anderson

Artifacts

• Artifact: Pyramid Schemes

  Charles Paul Freund