May 2000

(view high-resolution version)

Editor's Notes

• "Boiler Room" Boilerplate

  Nick Gillespie

  Does it matter that Hollywood always vilifies businessmen?

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• The East Is Wired

  Brian Doherty

• Oahu Weed

  Jacob Sullum

• Hacked Off

  Jeff Taylor

• Police and Thieves

  Jesse Walker

• Soundbite: Music Man

  Jesse Walker

• City Beautification

  Mariel Garza

• Pizza Wars

  Mariel Garza

• Space Cruise

  Mariel Garza

• Amtrak Accounting

  Michael W. Lynch

• Diversity Math

  Michael W. Lynch

• Data: Powerful Credentials

  Michael W. Lynch

• Penal Code

  Ryan H. Sager

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Years Ago

• 25 Years Ago

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Capital Letters: D.C. Valentines

  Michael W. Lynch

• Toll Calls

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  The long-distance guide to economic indicators.

• Laboratory Rats

  Virginia Postrel

• Access Excess

  Walter Olson

Features

• Goin' Down to South Park

  Barry S. Fagin

  How kids can learn from "vile trash."

• Rendering Unto CESA

  Mike Godwin

  Clinton's contradictory encryption policy.

• Fields of Glory

  Paul A. Cantor

  The absurdist anti-politics of W.C. Fields.

• Earth Day, Then and Now

  Ronald Bailey

  The planet's future has never looked better. Here's why.

Culture & Reviews

• Dangerous Distraction

  Jason Sholl

• Rebel Without Applause

  Jacob Sullum

• Uncontrollable Passion

  Loren Lomasky

• Assault with Blunt History

  Richard Epstein

Artifacts

• Artifact: Liberty Undone

  Virginia Postrel