February 1996

The 7.63% Solution

A small contractor learns affirmative action arithmetic.

Tama Starr

View Masters

The audience's power over media's message

Nick Gillespie

Culture & Reviews

Editor's Note

Bloc Busters

Conservatives' sudden discomfort with markets threatens the GOP coalition.

Virginia Postrel

Sacking Markets

Don't blame capitalism for football's woes.

Nick Gillespie

Columns

The Law: Tobacco Row

A "don't ask, don't tell" policy for journalists

Michael McMenamin

Washington: Child's Play

The budget debate is deceiving Americans about the fiscal future.

Carolyn Lochhead

Privatization: Private Life

How privatization is helping to revive Peru

Eric Lyman

Crime: Young & Arrestless

The case against expunging juvenile arrest records

T. Funk

Nanny State

Selected Skirmishes: Corporate Rakeovers

Sacking it to the souless corporation

Thomas W. Hazlett

Citings

Brickbats

Charles Oliver

Who's Essential?

Lessons from the government shutdown.

Nanny State

Subtle Impact

Airbags' effect on driving behavior

Rental Rights

Landlords and tenants team up.

Balance Sheet

Rick Henderson

The Adarand Aftermath

Cracks in the dam of racial set-asides

Brian Doherty

Hitting the (Financial) Books

Investing in, not lending to, college students

Rick Henderson

Picket Fences

Can government keep up with changes in how we work?