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Month: December 1997

Policy

Dining Fine

Jacob Sullum | 12.31.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Smoking Jackets

Jacob Sullum | 12.24.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

A Knock at the Door

Jacob Sullum | 12.24.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Alcohol Blindness

Jacob Sullum | 12.17.1997 12:00 AM

FDA Catches Superman

Friday Funnies

Henry Payne | 12.12.1997 2:56 PM

Civil Liberties

Net Loss?

Jacob Sullum | 12.10.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Socialized Medicine, One Mandate at a Time

Mike Lynch | 12.8.1997 12:00 AM

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Friday Funnies

Chip Bok | 12.5.1997 1:52 PM

Politics

Court Jesters

Jacob Sullum | 12.3.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Balance Sheet

Rick Henderson | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Wagers of Sin

The not-so-secret agenda of America's anti-gambling guru

Robert Detlefsen | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Vexed by the Text

Michael Greve | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Letters

Airing differences, gun rights and wrongs.

Reason Staff | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Same as the Old Boss?

California's term limits are under a legal cloud in the federal courts. But what, if anything, has Prop. 140 changed in Sacramento?

Steven Hayward | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Coloring Crime and Justice

Daniel Polsby | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Identity Crisis

If the government is serious about keeping illegal immigrants from working, a national ID card may be inevitable.

Daniel Sutherland | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Quotes

Reason Staff | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Complexity Theory

If the IRS is abusive, the tax code is worse.

Rick Henderson | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

The Truth Is Out There

Taking conspiracies and conspiracists seriously

Charles Paul Freund | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Cat Fight

Nick Gillespie | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Creating Culture

How to cultivate the arts when the old rules need not apply.

Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, Brian Doherty, Charles Paul Freund, Charles Oliver, Frederick Turner, Dana Gioia, Omar Wasow, Nathan Shedroff, and Paul Shepheard | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Colorblind Affirmative Action

Brian Doherty | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Footloose in Hermosa Beach

Brian Doherty | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Kiddie Cops

Brian Doherty | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Culture

The Croly Ghost

Exorcising the specter haunting American politics

Virginia Postrel | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

All Things Dull and Ugly

John Pitney | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Health Nuts

How Congress kept me from giving my employees Medical Savings Accounts

John Hood | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Science & Technology

Annoying Rule

Jacob Sullum | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Large image on homepages

Old Jewel, New Crown

Charles Paul Freund | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Reasonable Doubts: For Heaven's Sake

Religious accommodation and other openings for big-government conservatism

Walter Olson | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Green Daze

Brian Taylor | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Brickbats

Charles Oliver | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Commodifying Speech

Mike Lynch | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Data: Clash and Carry

Mike Lynch | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Politics

Retaking the Fifth

Mike Lynch | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

Policy

Selected Skirmishes: Kiddie Pawn

Educational TV's hyperlink to smut

Thomas W. Hazlett | 12.1.1997 12:00 AM

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