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June 1989

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Who's Behind the Child Care Crisis?

Slowly but surely, politicians and regulators are destroying the many child care options that do exist.

Virginia Postrel

Features

Beware the Pork-Hawk

In pursuit of reelection, Congress sells out the nation's defense.

Robert Higgs

Politics

Who the Hell Is Alden Partridge?

And what is he doing on my stamp?

Homer Knudbocker

Books

Can Courts Undo What the Courts Have Done?

Jeremy Rabkin

Still the Brightest Mirror

Steven Hayward

The New King of Gonzo Journalism

Lawrence Person

Cry, the Beleaguered Activist

Walter Williams

Why the Russkies Need Bucks

Ronald Bailey

Book Hints

Lynn Scarlett

Editorials

Oil and Water

Marty Zupan

Neither Liberty, Nor Safety

Virginia Postrel

Plane Old Protectionism

Robert Poole

Columns

Vermont: Backpack Socialism

Jim McIntosh

The Environment: Wish List in La-La Land

Jo Kwong

Magazines: Serving Up Business News

Martin Wooster

Washington: Service with a Smell

Doug Bandow

Life & Liberty: Tapped-Out Musicals

John Hood

Citings

Balance Sheet

Virginia Postrel

Taxing Solutions

Reason Staff

Bad Medicine

Charles Oliver

Franking the Taxpayer

Charles Oliver

A Yen for Dollars

Craig Collins

Trading Votes

Charles Oliver

Everybody on the Bus

Craig Collins

Slippery Slope

Craig Collins

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

58 YEARS OF REASON

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