October 2000

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Letters

• Without Merit

  Nick Gillespie

  Why merit pay won’t reform public education.

Citings

• Recoding Downtown

  Charles Paul Freund

• Guns Down Under

  Jacob Sullum

• Touching Data Bases

  Jeff Taylor

• Back to School

  Jesse Walker

• Burn, Baby, Burn

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

• More Bras, Less Crime

  Katherine Mangu-Ward

• Bureaucratic Slumlords

  Mariel Garza

• Touching Data Bases

• Insuring Protection

  Sara Rimensnyder

• No Liberté Online

  Sara Rimensnyder

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Brickbats

• Brickbats

  Charles Oliver

Columns

• Capital Letters: Paper Targets

  Michael W. Lynch

  In which our man in Washington shoots his rocks off, keeps his lunch down in the company of Janet Reno, and attends a Ralph Nader sermon

• Politicizing Parenthood

  Virginia Postrel

• All About Erin

  Walter Olson

  Heroine of screen and courtroom Erin Brockovich deserves a prize, all right. But not for what you think.

Features

• Rage On

  Brian Doherty

  The strange politics of millionaire rock stars

• Art in Its Own Light

  Charles Paul Freund

  The glowing controversy over Thomas Kinkade.

• Science and Self-Doubt

  Frederick K. Goodwin & Adrian R. Morrison

  Why animal researchers must remember that human beings are special.

• Music for Nothing

  Jesse Walker

  Why Napster isn’t the end of the world. Or even the music industry.

• The Art of the Deal

  Jesse Walker

  J.S.G. Boggs draws money for a living. What’s his exchange rate?

• Exit Interviews

  Katherine Mangu-Ward & Michael W. Lynch

  Do term limits matter? Just ask Congress’ quitters.

• Angry at Daddy

  Trav S.D.

  An uncensored Holly Hughes rails against censorship

Culture & Reviews

• Drugs of Choice

  Jacob Sullum

• Impractical Equality

  Richard Epstein