November 2006

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Editor's Note

• Editor's Note: The Positives of Negative Campaigning

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Video Games and IQ

  Ronald Bailey

  Up Like Flynn

• Mutiny and Bounty

  Jesse Walker

  Rogue Traders Spark Global Markets

• Beyond Border Control

  Jeff Taylor

  Gringo Capitalism

• Homeland Security Quotas

  Brian Doherty

  Crime Fiction

• Funding Government Secrecy?

  Kerry Howley

  Mystery Grant

• The FDA's War on Cherries

  Kerry Howley

  Forbidden Fruit

• Gambling Crackdown

  Jacob Sullum

  Have Ban, Will Travel

• Agents Provocateurs

  David Weigel

  ELF Fairy Tales

• Taking on Takings

  Brian Doherty

  Property Fights

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Years Ago

• 25 Years Ago in Reason

Data

• Data: Open Country?

  Kerry Howley

Quotes

• Quotes

Columns

• Terror Then and Now

  Cathy Young

  Three glittering European cities illustrate the thin line between normality and chaos

• Penn Statists

  David Weigel

  In Pennsylvania's Senate race, both sides are running for the middle

• Rant: The Night Chicago Died

  Nick Gillespie

  Suddenly, it's hard to be a sinner in the Windy City

Features

• The Ownership Society and Its Discontents

  Ryan H. Sager

  You can't count on George Bush and the GOP Congress to transform the welfare state.

• Butch Otter Rides Again

  David Weigel

  Idaho' next governor demonstrates the possibilities--and limits--of libertarian politics in the Republican Party.

• The 10 Dirtiest Political Races in U.S. History

  David Mark

  Ads, slogans, and campaign themes that stand out for sheer venom

• Attack Ads Are Good for You!

  David Mark

  In praise of negative campaigning

Interviews

• Can We Bank on the Federal Reserve?

  Brian Doherty

  Was Greenspan a bubble blower? Should Bernanke stay the course? Five experts judge the powers and perils of the world's mightiest central bank.

Culture & Reviews

• Alan Moore Comes Like a Thief in the Night

  Tim Cavanaugh

  A writer with a libertarian following delivers some flaccid porn

• All Power to the Couch Potatoes

  Greg Beato

  The remote control turns 50

• Welcome to Niche Nation

  Nick Gillespie

  Long Tail author and Wired editor Chris Anderson on infinite markets, the death of the Top 40, and the birth of personalized politics.

Book Reviews

• Lay Off the Fatties

  Jacob Sullum

  They're not hurting anybody -- maybe not even themselves.

• How the Upper Crust Eats

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

  Food as a status symbol

Artifact

• Artifact: Cancer, Schmancer—As Long As I'm Not a Drug Addict

  Jacob Sullum