Borders Patrol
Book sales are surging. Superstores are booming. And the American Booksellers Association doesn't like it.
Energy & Environment
Best of Both Worlds: An Interview with Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman reminisces about his career as an economist and his lifetime "avocation" as a spokesman for freedom.
No Easy Answers: An Interview with James Q. Wilson
James Q. Wilson on bureaucracy, crime, and community
Magazines: Russia's Roaring Twenties
The exciting truth about Russia may be that it is becoming boring.
Environment: Bill Killers
Are greens planning a hasty retreat from the legislative battlefield?
Washington: Parking Costs
Government ownership reduces every land-use decision to a power play.
Smoking: Put That in Your Pipe
As an act of rebellion against political correctness, pipe smoking is hard to beat.
Education: Lobbying School
Mandatory community-service programs are turning schoolchildren into lobbyists.
Scattered Opposition
Russia's democracy movement has split over the pace of economic reform.
Interview with Karl Hess
He helped found National Review; now he calls himself an anarchist. He wrote speeches for Goldwater's presidential bid; now he publishes a survival newsletter. Karl Hess talks about the Old Right, the New Right, and what's right.
Two Utilities Are Better Than One
In Lubbock, Texas, two electric utilities are competing for people's business. How does it work? Could competition be the answer to rising electric bills? answer to rising electric bills?
