November 1996

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Web Articles

• Morris the Cad

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  The personal becomes the political.

Editor's Notes

• Weed Whackers

  Jacob Sullum

  Bill Clinton bashes fags, while Bob Dole takes pot shots.

• The Other Drug War

  Virginia Postrel

  The struggle over the FDA is our latest culture war.

Letters

• Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Pregnant Lawa

  Brian Doherty

  Exposing fetuses to drugs is child neglect in South Carolina.

• Measure by Measure

  Ed Carson

  Tracking ballot initiatives.

• One Hand for Federalism

  Ed Carson

  A federal judge strikes down Superfund.

• Confronting a Crisis

  Elizabeth Koch

  Clipping Clinton's encryption policies

• Drugged Up?

  Nick Gillespie

  Survey shows little change in drug use.

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Box of Dreams

  Brian Doherty

  How a too-good-to-be-true tool fooled drug warriors.

• Hail to the Crook?

  Gary Alan Fine

  Clinton, Harding, and the politics of reputation

• A Desire Named Streetcar

  Christopher Serres

  Portland's light-rail system carries a heavy load.

• Independents' Day

  Jesse Walker

  New technology helps filmmakers go beyond Hollywood.

Features

• After Affirmative Action

  Michael W. Lynch

  Life under an executive order suggests the future of afirmative action in a post-CCRI California.

• Clinton Confidential

  Richard B. McKenzie

  The best-kept secret of the Clinton years is economic.

• Putting People On

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  The Pander Bear Returns

• The Best of Slime, The Worst of Slime

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  Winners and losers at the national conventions

Interviews

• Contemplating Evil

  Nick Gillespie & Lisa Snell

  Novelist Dean Koontz on Freud, fraud, and the Great Society

Book Reviews

• Evolving Door

  Gregory Benford

• What's the Big Idea?

  Chandran Kukathas

• The Adventures of "But-Man"

  John J. Pitney, Jr.