Print Archives
December 2006
Editor's Note
Editor's Note: The Grand Old Party's Over.
Nick Gillespie
Contributors
Letters
Columns
How 'Big Nutrition' Destroys Your Will to Fatness
Awash in healthy choices, starving brains seek sugary relief. Greg Beato
Parent Trap
Are false abuse charges a common tactic in child custody battles? Cathy Young
Insurgent Republicans
The Club for Growth wants to create a free market GOP, whether the party likes it or not. David Weigel
Features
Who Deserves the Libertarian Vote?
Reason asks Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians why supporters of "Free Minds and Free Markets" should vote for their candidates. Katherine Mangu-Ward and David Weigel
The Federal Budget's Long Emergency
Got a boondoggle you're not proud of? Stick it in a supplemental appropriations bill. Veronique de Rugy
The Budget-Cutters Who Couldn't Stop Spending
The Republican Study Committee, one of the biggest groups in Congress, was created to rein in big spenders. So why can't it deliver? Eric Pfeiffer
Throwing the Bums Out
How a small-town businessman sparked an anti-incumbency movement in Pennsylvania--and what it means for national politics. Shira Toeplitz
South Park Libertarians
Trey Parker and Matt Stone on liberals, conservatives, censorship, and religion. Nick Gillespie and Jesse Walker
A Healthy Dose of Anarchy
After Katrina, nontraditional, decentralized relief steps in where big government and big charity failed. Neille Ilel
Culture & Reviews
Apocalypse's Eternal Return
Hipster guru predicts: Capitalism will destroy the world! Brian Doherty
Wonder-Working Power
The roots and the reach of the religious right. Daniel McCarthy
When Piracy Becomes Promotion
How unauthorized copying made Japanese animation profitable in the United States. Henry Jenkins
Art Deco at Ground Zero
Five years after 9/11, how about a design actual human beings might like? Todd Seavey