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April 1988

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Arms Wrestling Over Europe

Imagine a big, strong football player and a small, soft scholar, and you'll begin to see what's wrong with the INF treaty.

Melvyn Krauss

Features

"Trust But Verify"

Reagan's favorite slogan won't protect us if we don't know how many weapons to look for-or where they might be hiding.

Joseph Douglass

Nixon Without the Charm

Bob Dole is so short on ideas he doesn't even know why he's running for president.

John A. Barnes

Musical Aliens Keep Out

Ever vigilant to protect the lounge singers of America, the border patrol is blackballing musical innovators from abroad.

Bill Forman

Books

Chairman Mao's Red Terror

Steven Mosher

"People Would Think You're Common"

Steve Chapman

The AIDS Assault

Elizabeth M. Whelan

Darth Vader of Science?

Jonathan Marshall

Book Hints

Lynn Scarlett

Editorials

Beyond Contra Aid

Marty Zupan

Banned from the Bench?

Virginia Postrel

Columns

Magazines: Good and Evil in the Thinking Press

Roy Childs

Washington: Your Congress at Work

Doug Bandow

Economics: The Supply-Siders Were Right (Partly)

David R. Henderson

Asia: Journey to Nowhere

Vincent Carroll

Oscars

Life & Liberty: Scooping Oscar

David Brudnoy

Conspiracy Theories

Viewpoint: The Devil in Your Credit Card

Justin Raimondo

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole, Lucy Braun, Virginia Postrel, and James Taranto

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

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