November 1994

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Editor's Notes

• Population-Control Explosion

  Brian Doherty

  There are too many people who think there are too many people.

• Memory Lapse

  Virginia Postrel

  The Clinton administration's refugee policy is a victory for welfare statism--and for Castro.

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Going Private

  Ed Carson

  School voucher programs that don't rely on government funds

• Penalizing Youth

  Ed Carson

  Community rating is another generational rip-off.

• Civil Wrongs

  Robert Pollock

  Righting affirmative action mistakes

• Sound Science?

  Lisa Snell

  The National Institute for the environment's alarmist agenda

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Virtual Community Standards

  Mike Godwin

• Spectacular Cinema

  Charles Oliver

  Why Hong Kong movies are beating Hollywood at its own game.

• Shots in the Dark

  Robert Pollock

  The saga of the Vaccines for Children program

• Retirement Wrangle

  Rick Henderson

  A bipartisan commission tries to tackle an old-age problem.

• Sinking Our State

  Ron K. Unz

  California's "Save Our State" initiative is masquerading as an attack on welfare.

• Urban Renewal

  Martin Morse Wooster

  Strategies to save our cities

Features

• Can the President Think?

  Edith Efron

  The chaos and paralysis of the Clinton presidency reflect the chaos and paralysis of Bill Clinton's mind--and he is not going to change.

Interviews

• Of Mice and Men

  Virginia Postrel

  Bruce Ames Interview

Book Reviews

• Blinded by the Sun

  Oren Grad

• Dead Letters

  Nick Gillespie

• A Call to Consciousness

  James Sniechowski

• Lying for a Living

  Jacob Sullum