November 2005

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note: Reasons for Optimism

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

Citings

• Ice, Ice Baby

  Jacob Sullum

  Infant speed freaks?

• Subsidized Spin

  Ben Falk

  Military scientists go Hollywood.

• It's Better FOIA

  Julian Sanchez

  Information wants to be free.

• Rummy's Posse

  Matt Welch

  Pentagon police work.

• Runaway Train Debt

  Melanie Colburn

  D.C. Metro in the red.

• Traffic Unjammed

  Jesse Walker

  Prez to cops: Get lost!

• Domestic Outsourcing

  Ted Balaker

  Work for the other Indians.

• Illegal Settlement

  Jacob Sullum

  Fighting the cigarette cartel.

• Breaking Curfew

  Daniel Koffler

  Yobs beat Labour.

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite

  Julian Sanchez

  Latin America's Crony Capitalism.

Years Ago

• 25 Years Ago in Reason

Data

• Data

  Kerry Howley

  Whose Living Wage?

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• Run Away, Jury!

  Tim Cavanaugh

  We're being tried before dozens of imbeciles.

• An Echo Chamber of His Own

  Cathy Young

  Bernie Goldberg's new niche is a little too comfortable.

• The Long and Happy Death of the Celebrity Profile

  Matt Welch

  There's more entertainment coverage than ever, and that's why it's so crappy.

Features

• When Patriots Dissent

  David Weigel

  Surprise: Standing up to the PATRIOT Act can be good politics.

• Freedom Riders

  Jacob Sullum

  How motorcyclists won the right to feel the wind in their hair--and why drivers still have to buckle up.

• Property Seizures and the New London Tea Party

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Homeowners' attorney Scott Bullock talks about the Supreme Court's Kelo v. New London decision and America's brewing revolution against eminent domain abuse.

• "Like Undermining Motherhood and Apple Pie"

  Matt Welch

  Why are California Dems in local government embracing eminent domain abuse?

Culture & Reviews

• Exile Without an End

  Amy Sturgis

  The first ethnic cleansing in American history.

• Remembering Roger Williams

  Nick Gillespie

  What the father of Rhode Island can still teach us.

• Do Movies Cause Smoking?

  Jacob Sullum

  Snuffing out another nanny state myth.

• Inherit the Baloney

  Chris Lehmann

  Creationists try to settle a score with Darwin.

• Prince Rudy's Courtier

  Tim Cavanaugh

  A mugged liberal's love affair with a tough mayor.

Artifacts

• Artifact: A Pogrom for Tea

  Kerry Howley