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October 1986

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Berkeley’s Radical Slumlords

They work for the government, not for riches. Their tool is rent control; their motive, helping tenants. But they're turning Berkeley into a genteel slum.

Jeff Riggenbach

Features

Home Sweet School

The education of a home-schooling family.

Michael Kolesnik

Alaska

Mr. Marrou Goes to Juneau

What can a Libertarian do if elected to office? He can at least become "the conscience of the legislature."

Bill Kauffman

Duty, Honor, Country—But No Draft

Fifty-eight thousand brothers and friends and fathers died in Vietnam. I don't want my son sent to some far-off war 15 years from now against his will.

Greg Todd

Books

What Went Wrong with the War on Poverty

Walter Williams

Dystopia

Dystopia, Feminist-Fundamentalist Style

Martha Bayles

Taking Issue with the State

David Friedman

Brief Review

Lynn Scarlett

Editorials

Who Killed the Challenger 7?

Robert Poole

A Textbook Case of Coercion

Virginia Postrel

Columns

Up Front: Publishing the Computer Way

Eric Marti

Taxes: Don't Take the Fifth on the 15th

Warren Salomon

Spotlight: Milton's Rose

John Dentinger

Life & Liberty: Vampire and Villain

Businessmen in literature

Edward Cline

Viewpoint: The Sodomy Solution

Repeal, Not Appeal

Henry Holzer

Citings

Trends

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

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

58 YEARS OF REASON

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