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December 1981

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The Facts Be Damned!

The creationists claim to be scientific. But REASON's investigation exposes their subordination of truth to religious dogma.

Robert Steiner

Features

What's Good for America Is Good for the Army

What should Congress do about the draft? Here's how to build a superior military relying on traditional American principles of freedom.

Michael Hinz

Regulation Retread

The Reagan administration throws trucking deregulation into reverse.

Thomas Moore

Infant Formula: WHO Mixes It Up

One ingredient has been missing from the infant formula controversy-attention to the facts.

James Hickel

Culture & Reviews

Movies

The French Lieutenant's Woman; Arthur

John Hospers

Books

The Best Book on General Economics in Many a Year

F.A. Hayek

Missing Link in the Resource Equation

Peter Vajk

Hacking Away at Procrustes

Loren Lomasky

Intellectual Pollution

Elizabeth M. Whelan

Whither the Defense Dollar?

Joseph P. Martino

The State of Moral Philosophy

J. King

Painfully Obvious

David Brudnoy

Taking Liberties With the Constitution

Doug Bandow

Herbert's Dune It Again

Patrick Cox

Medieval World View in Modern Jargon

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Editorials

Thinking about Strategic Defense

Robert Poole

Columns

Editor's Notes

Robert Poole

Viewpoint: Reagan and King Canute

Murray Rothbard

Spotlight: From Soviet Scientist to Artistic Agitator

Edward Lozansky

Patrick Cox

Money: The East

Rising investment star

Steven Beckner

Health & Welfare: Aging and Health

Information sources

Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole and Christine Dorffi

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

58 YEARS OF REASON

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