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August/September 1988

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Keeping the Peace

Which is better, SDI or arms control? The truth is, one is not much good without the other.

T.A. Heppenheimer

Features

The Soldiers' Story

People in the trenches speak out against the war on drugs.

Philip Smith

Gone Fishin'

Britain's streams are lovely, clear, and deep. And private.

Jane Shaw and Richard Stroup

Books

Populism

Crackpopulist Democrats, Unite!

Edward Crane

Poland's Unlikely Hero

Paul Johnson

Money—The Magician's Serpent?

Paul Hornak

Book Hints

Lynn Scarlett

The Remaking of America

Steven Hayward

Brief Review

Martin Wooster

Editorials

Let's Reassess the Reagan Doctrine

Virginia Postrel

Hare Krishna–Style Government

Craig Collins

By the Way…

Reason Staff

This Is War

Marty Zupan

Columns

Czechoslovakia: Myths and Musicians

Thomas Melia

The Left: Peace Vaudeville

Adam Garfinkle

The District: Battered Ego Brown

John Hood

Life & Liberty: Getting Into the Act

Michael Konik

Life & Liberty: Symphonies for the New World

Kyle Rothweiler

Viewpoint: Medical Mystery Tour

Jeff Jacoby

Citings

Antonin Scalia

Trends

Virginia Postrel, Lucy Braun, Craig Collins, and James Taranto

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

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