December 1986

Socialism

Reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.

Robert Hessen

Wipe Out!

One tax cut after another has been eaten up by the tax no one will touch.

Robert Wood

What to Save When the Book Burners Come

From R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., to Karl Hess, writers tell us what they'd keep.

R. Tyrrell, Poul Anderson, Walter Williams, Leonard Liggio, William Simon, Nat Hentoff, Erika Holzer, Tom Sharpe, Lech Walesa, Robert Nisbet, Tibor Machan, George Gilder, and Karl Hess

NATO

Neocons vs. Eurowimps

Christopher Layne

Literature

It's No Sin to Like Vonnegut

Jeff Riggenbach

Public Keynes, Private Keynes

Elizabeth Johnson

Are Diamonds Forever, and Other Conundrums of Modern Physics

Gregory Benford

Vietnam

Through the Jungle of Vietnam Books

Leonard Liggio

Join the Army, Be a Narc

Bill Kauffman

Upfront: L.A. Dreamin'

Virginia Postrel

Taxes: Up From Slavery (Somewhat)

Warren Salomon

Spotlight: D.C. Roto-Rooter

John Dentinger

Viewpoint: The Bishops vs. the Bourgeoisie

Douglas Rasmussen

Trends

Robert Poole, Lucy Braun, Bill Kauffman, and Virginia Postrel

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane