October 2002

Face the Facts

Facial recognition technology?s troubled past -- and troubling future.

The Forever War

How long can an emergency last?

Jacob Sullum

Closing the Books

Open government after 9/11.

Jeffrey Benner

Fixing Foreign Policy

How the U.S. should wage the war on terror.

Ted Carpenter

You've Lost Your Way, Baby

How organized feminism has made itself irrelevant

Catherine Seipp

Interview

Biology vs. the Blank Slate

Evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker deconstructs the great myths about how the mind works.

Nick Gillespie and Ronald Bailey

Culture & Reviews

Hidden Country

The secret family tree of country music

Damon Root

Bitch Goddess

Ann Coulter's perverse appeal

Sara Rimensnyder

Dangerous Thinkers

20th-century philosophers' love affair with totalitarianism

Mark Goldblatt

Smash! Pow! Bam!

Why superheroes go bankrupt

Performance Anxiety

The tragedy of Asian success

Editor's Note

Editor's Note

Nick Gillespie

Columns

Making a Killing in Business

When crime pays, there will be plenty of criminals.

Mike Lynch

One Nation, Many Gods

Vouchers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the separation of church and state

Cathy Young

Laughter in the Ruins

What hasn't changed since 9/11.

Jesse Walker

Citings

I Spy

Nosy neighbors

Brian Doherty

Illegal Education?

Intimidating homeschoolers

Brian Doherty

Conventional Wisdom

Municipal money pits

John Pike

Persistent Protesters

Slamming Noriega's alma mater

Party Poopers

Anti-rave legislation

Jacob Sullum

History's Dustbin

Recycling cutbacks

Privacy Test

Medical records and the police

Sara Rimensnyder

Trashy Dream Houses

Home and garbage

Sara Rimensnyder

Letters

Letters

Contributors

Contributors

Artifact

Artifact: No Go Logo

Creepy agency casts evil eye on Planet Earth

Jesse Walker

Web Articles

Beltway Snipe Hunt

Jesse Walker

Quotes

Quotes and Sources