October 2004

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Editor's Notes

• Editor's Note: Why September Sucks

  Nick Gillespie

Contributors

• Contributors

Letters

• Letters

Citings

• Hydrogen Hot Air

  Adrian Moore

  Polluting with cleaner cars.

• Cleaning Up E-Mail

  Hanah Metchis

  An end to spam?

• Bhutan's Boob Tube

  Charles Paul Freund

  Shangri-la wrestles with TV.

• Injecting Tyranny

  Jacob Sullum

  Anti-drug "vaccines"

• Teletubbies

  Jacob Sullum

  Fat ad budgets and fat kids.

• Your Records, Please

  Jesse Walker

  The war on "indecency"

• School Net Scams

  Lisa Snell

  No tech firm left behind.

• Love for Sale

  Tim Cavanaugh

  Berkeley's prostitution initiative.

Balance Sheets

• Balance Sheet

  Jeff Taylor

Soundbites

• Soundbite: Libertarian Dark Horse

  Brian Doherty

Years Ago

• 25 Years Ago in Reason

Data

• DATA: Second-Guessing the First Amendment

  Julian Sanchez

Quotes

• Quotes and Source

Columns

• Beyond Belief

  Cathy Young

  When will secularism be allowed in the public square?

• Unbalanced Like a Fox

  Matt Welch

  Rupert Murdoch's critics should follow his lead.

• RANT: Orange You Glad He Didn't Say Red?

  Nick Gillespie

  The president's credibility problem.

Features

• Age of Propaganda

  David Hanson & Matt Walcoff

  The government attacks teenage drinking with junk science.

• Welcome to the Fun-Free University

  David Weigel

  The return of in loco parentis is killing student freedom.

• John Kerry's Dark Record on Civil Liberties

  John Berlau

  The Democratic candidate is no friend to the Bill of Rights.

• David Simon Says

  Jesse Walker

  The creator of HBO's The Wire talks about the decline of journalism, the failure of the drug war, and a new kind of TV.

• No Way Out

  Lisa Snell

  The No Child Left Behind Act provides only the illusion of school choice.

Culture & Reviews

• Bad Deal

  Damon W. Root

  How FDR made life worse for African Americans.

• Crossballs Puzzle

  Jacob Sullum

  Why don't the guests on Comedy Central's fake debate show get the joke?

• Open Secrets

  Michael Erard

  How the government lost the drug war in cyberspace.

• Surf's Up

  Sara Rimensnyder

  Why Bill and Ted are the ultimate Americans.

Artifacts

• Artifact: Food Fight

  Charles Paul Freund