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May 1991

Reason magazine, May 1991 cover image
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The Children of Abraham

To claim Lincoln's legacy is to define our nation's soul. But the advocates of "equality" distort the meaning of his message.

Steven Hayward

Features

The Superior Mail

Nothing boosts the prospects of private mail delivery like postal service ineptitude and a 22% rate hike.

Carolyn Lochhead

Beyond Tomorrowland

Realistic, useful alternatives to NASA's grandiose space station

T.A. Heppenheimer

Interview

Policy

Capitalist Tool II

An interview with Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr.

Virginia Postrel and Charles Oliver

Books

Depth Charge

Loren Lomasky

The Capitalist Evolution

Martin Wooster

Baby Talk

Karl Zinsmeister

Programs for the Future

Greg Costikyan

The Age of Diminishing Economists

Paul Roberts

Editorials

Fuelishness

Virginia Postrel

Invisible Men

Charles Oliver

A Good Death?

Jacob Sullum

L.A., Lawless

Rick Henderson

Columns

Washington: Fiscal Folly

Daniel Mitchell and Andrew F. Quinlan

The Law: Gun-Shy Judges

Jacob Sullum

Chicago: House of Hope

Bryan Miller

Smoking: Cold Turkey

Stanton Peele

Magazines: Peeling the Big Apple

Martin Wooster

Selected Skirmishes: Dressing Up the Emperor

Thomas W. Hazlett

Citings

Balance Sheet

Rick Henderson

Rx for Health Care?

Reason Staff

Disarming Approach

Jacob Sullum

Deadly Aphrodisiacs?

Jacob Sullum

Building a Nest Egg

Rick Henderson

Cleaning House

Charles Oliver

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Charles Oliver

57 YEARS OF REASON

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