March 2010

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Editor's Note

• Back to the Drawing Board

  Matt Welch

  Democratic fantasies face the bracing slap of reality.

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

  March 2010

Citings

• Gay Old Times

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

• Stop your carping

  Mike Riggs

  Hunting for Fish

• Facebook justice

  Radley Balko

  Big Friender

• Police robbing DJs

  Brian Doherty

  Dance Party Heist

• Arizona Crazy

  Radley Balko

  Martyred cop/thief

• Mexico’s drug war

  Jacob Sullum

  Corruption Cover-Up

• Medical databases and privacy

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  Privates Made Public

• Black market money

  Bill Flanigen

  Worrisome Won

• Biotech victory in China

  Ronald Bailey

  Enhanced Rice

• School lunch safety

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  Mystery Meat

• Caffeinated alcohol

  Jacob Sullum

  Booze Buzz Ban

• Eminent domain gone bad

  Damon W. Root

  Might Makes Blight

Soundbites

• Obamanomics in Action

  Peter Suderman

Years Ago

• 25 years ago in reason

Brickbats

• Brickbats

Quotes

• Quotes from March 2010

Lists

• The Rights Stuff

Columns

• Clemency Under Fire

  Radley Balko

  A parolee turned cop killer sparks an ill-informed debate about pardons and commutations.

• Wake Me Up When Men Get Pregnant

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Biological transhumanism starts the 21st century on the wrong foot.

• Congress’ Phony Price Tags

  Veronique de Rugy

  Legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections.

• Starbucks’ Midlife Crisis

  Greg Beato

  The coffee giant can’t quite accept its own customers’ tastes.

• The Clarity of False Choices

  Jacob Sullum

  Obama’s favorite rhetorical tricks

• Who Decides if Breast Tests Are Best?

  Ronald Bailey

  Patients, not bureaucrats, should make choices about mammograms.

Features

• A Libyan Charm Offensive

  Michael C. Moynihan

  To the shores of Tripoli with the son of Qaddafi

• Climate Crackup

  Ronald Bailey

  A breakdown in Copenhagen saves a divided world from carbon rationing.

• The EPA’s Carbon Footprint

  Jonathan Adler

  Federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions will impose new controls on millions of Americans.

• Climategate: What Does It All Mean?

  Ronald Bailey

Interviews

• The Politics of Giving

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  The Philanthropy Roundtable’s Adam Meyerson talks about the future of charity, power grabs by the IRS, and pressures to create a nonprofit cartel.

Culture & Reviews

• A Tale of Two Libertarianisms

  Brian Doherty

  The conflict between Murray Rothbard and F.A. Hayek highlights an enduring division in the libertarian world.

• The Visible Persuaders

  Greg Beato

  Advertising as a medium for truth telling

• Inside Obama’s Hologram

  Matt Welch

  The president’s own allies provide unwitting insight into a master salesman.

• Myth Alaska

  Nick Gillespie

  Sarah Palin bounces a reality check.

Briefly Noted

• Briefly Noted: An Anti-Authoritarian Odyssey

  Jesse Walker

• Briefly Noted: Playing Paranoia

  Peter Suderman

• Briefly Noted: Pyongyang Chic

  Michael C. Moynihan

• Briefly Noted: Our Nutty Newsstands

  Brian Doherty

• Briefly Noted: We Are Taming Ourselves

  Ronald Bailey

Artifact

• Reading a Sculpture

  Jesse Walker

  Art interpretation and climate change.