November 1998

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Web Articles

• Serving the President

  Keith E. Whittington

  When must the president obey a subpoena?

Editor's Notes

• Evasive Action

  Jacob Sullum

  The parsings of Clinton's legal team don't add up.

• Low Fidelity

  Virginia Postrel

  Russia's pretend capitalism

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Toasting Tobacco

  Jason Brooks

• Peace and Quiet

  Abe Crystal

• TV Worth Selling

  Adam Clayton Powell III

• Ageless Hostilities

  Jason Brooks

• Addicted to Psychobabble

  Michael W. Lynch

• Watch Your Backpack

  Jason Brooks

• Drug Entrepreneurs

  Jacob Sullum

• Unauthorized Transmission

  Michael W. Lynch

• Voting on Preferences

  Michael W. Lynch

• The Right Fluff

  Nick Gillespie

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Rick Henderson

Data

• Data: Pruning Profits

  Nick Gillespie

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Quotes

• Quotes

Sources

• Sources

Columns

• Organ Grinders

  James V. DeLong

  The federal government's idea of "fairness" may exacerbate an already deadly organ shortage.

• Speaking Fees

  Allison R. Hayward

  It's Forbes vs. Forbes at the FEC.

• Bull Clinton

  Thomas W. Hazlett

  The man, the myth, the way of lie

• Capital Letters: Intergenerational Work

  Michael W. Lynch

  In which our man in Washington engages Social Security, searches for interns, and contemplates incriminating stains

• Invitation to a Stoning

  Walter Olson

  Getting cozy with theocrats

Features

• Darwin and Dickens

  Nick Gillespie

  A new breed of literary crtitics is using evolution to explain literature--and to challenge intellectual orthodoxy.

• Tax Reform Schools

  John Hood

  If you think tax simplification is difficult in D.C., just try Albany, Annapolis, Atlanta, Austin...

• Codes of Silence

  Alan Charles Kors & Harvey Silverglate

  Who's silencing free speech on campus--and why.

• A Little Piece of Heaven

  Kenneth Silber

  Space-based commercial development will happen sooner than you think. How a system of extraterrestrial property rights might emerge.

Book Reviews

• Straussed Out

  Loren Lomasky

• Dreams of Stagnation

  Ronald Bailey

• Judges in the Dock

  Stephen F. Williams