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October 1980

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Housing Tangled in Red Tape

It sounded good: government would help make houses safe with detailed building codes. But today's codes extract a very high price. Isn't there a better way to have safe houses?

Christine Dorffi

Features

Policy

Confessions of an Environmentalist

A nature lover tells why he gave up on government

Lawrence Dodge

How Far Can Thatcher Go?

Undoing decades of British socialism isn't easy

Eben Wilson

A Few Kind Words for Warren G. Harding

Forget what you read in your history books about the twenty-ninth president of the United States.

Michael McMenamin

Parenting

Everything Your Child Always Wanted to Know

…about school, that is, but was afraid to ask. A psychologist and parent has some answers.

Peter Breggin

Culture & Reviews

Politics

Movies

John Hospers

Books

The Plight of Citizens

Tom Bethell

Free-Market Ammunition

Leland Yeager

Communism

The Bolshevik Invasion

James Martin

Editorials

A Call to Sanity on Foreign Affairs

Tibor Machan

Columns

Editor's Notes

Robert Poole

Viewpoint: Confessions of a Travel Junkie

James Davidson

Spotlight: Public Television Maverick

Patrick Cox

Money: Right to Privacy Under Fire

Steven Beckner

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole and Christine Dorffi

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Thomas W. Hazlett

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