March 2001

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Editor's Notes

• The 13th Step

  Nick Gillespie

  Even some drug war opponents buy into its lies.

• The 13th Step

  Nick Gillespie

  Even some drug war opponents buy into its lies.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Caesar vs. Christ

  Brian Doherty

• Reason of the Witch

  Brian Doherty

• A Riot of Our Own

  Charles Paul Freund

• Air Commands

  Jacob Sullum

• Jerk Protection

  Jacob Sullum

• Moving Words

  Jacob Sullum

• Ring of Power

  Jeff Taylor

• Voucher Wars

  Sara Rimensnyder

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Independent Airwaves

  Jesse Walker

Data

• Data: Feeding Time

  Michael W. Lynch

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Sources

• Source

Columns

• Many Americas

  Cathy Young

• Capital Letters: D.C. Downers

  Michael W. Lynch

  In which our man in Washington listens to the drug czar babble and learns why we can't afford tax cuts.

• Overlawyered & Overgoverned

  Walter Olson

  An annual helping of tales from a litigious society.

• O Big Brother, Where Art Thou?

  Tim Cavanaugh

  What the new Coen Brothers movie can teach us about California's electricity woes.

Features

• Missing Link

  Jib Fowles

  The bum rap against TV violence.

• The Whipping Boy

  Jib Fowles

  The hidden conflicts underlying the campaign against violent TV.

• Intolerant Alliance

  Jesse Walker

  Censors of right and left have been cooperating for years.

• Election 2000

  Mike Godwin & Richard Epstein

  George Bush won. But at what cost to the law?

• Stuffing Envelopes

  Steven Landsburg

  Does recent research prove we're altruists or does it suggest something darker about us?

Culture & Reviews

• Epic Jazz

  Charles Paul Freund

• Beyond Taste

  Charles Oliver

  The perils of defining art.

• St. Phineas

  John Mueller

  How P.T. Barnum helped invent business ethics.

• Double Betrayal

  Loren Lomasky

  Is liberalism its own worst enemy?

• Big Blue Men

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Downtown artists capture Las Vegas