November 2002

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Regimentation Revolt

  Brian Doherty

  No IDs for the Japanese

• Murky Water

  Brian Doherty

  Sink this Everglades plan

• Constant Improvement

  Jacob Sullum

  The secret of DARE's success

• Tipper Tape

  Charles Paul Freund

  Swatting a student gadfly

• Carnal Cabaret

  Jeremy Lott

  Strippers who go the distance

• Galley Gatekeepers

  Jesse Walker

  The Politics of Press Credentials

• Scoring High

  Lisa Snell

  A charter school's ups and downs

• Who's Your Daddy?

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Adoption and privacy

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Gerard James

  Sara Rimensnyder

Years Ago

• Twenty-Five Years Ago in Reason

Data

• Data

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Better Than Ever

Quotes

• Quotes and Sources

Columns

• Dad Blood

  Cathy Young

  If DNA tests prove that you're not your children's father, do you still owe child support?

• Roll Over, James Madison

  Jesse Walker

  Where have all the federalists gone?

Features

• The Tale of Many Jerusalems

  Charles Paul Freund

  What would a peaceful Middle East look like? A fable about politics, culture, and commerce.

• Gun Control's Twisted Outcome

  Joyce Lee Malcolm

  Restricting firearms has helped make England more crime-ridden than the U.S.

• Testing Limits

  Jacob Sullum

  Alternatives to drug screening

• Urine — or You're Out

  Jacob Sullum

  "I ain?t gonna pee-pee in no cup, unless Nancy Reagan?s gonna drink it up."

Culture & Reviews

• Publishing's Feral Child

  Brian Doherty

  Adam Parfrey sheds light on the dark sides of life.

• Murder Most Foul

  Charles Peña

  To stop genocide, the U.S. must learn to intervene more carefully.

• Pride and Prejudice

  Jacob Sullum

  The false choice between patriotism and skepticism

• The Secret History of Television

  Jesse Walker

  Corporate power, patent law, and lone inventors

• Logocentrism

  Nick Gillespie

  You can trademark words but not meaning.

Artifacts

• Artifact

  Charles Paul Freund

  Great Stone Face