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September 1977

Reason magazine, September 1977 cover image
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The Great Plutonium Scare

The "most toxic substance know to man" is far more valuable than gold.

Petr Beckmann

Features

A Day Without Property Rights Is Like a Day Without Sunshine

Anita Bryant and the gay rights movement have both missed the point.

Robert Sirico

An Open Letter to Nathan Glazer

Anne Wortham

Psychology/Psychiatry

Why We Consent to Oppression

Self-suppression paves the way for political suppression.

Peter Breggin

Those "Natural" Rights Aren't

Rights are an invention of man, not a law of nature, say the authors.

John Goodson and David Longinotti

Culture & Reviews

Movies

Providence • Small Change • Distant Thunder

John Hospers

Books

Science Fiction

Triton

Jeff Riggenbach

Introduction to Philosophical Inquiries

Lester Hunt

Editorials

The New Jingoism

Robert Poole

Columns

Viewpoint: Smears on Liberty

Tibor Machan

Foreign Correspondent: Jamaica's Socialist Conversion

Reason Staff

Washington Watch

Alan Bock

Spotlight: Changing the Media

Mark Frazier

Publisher's Notes

Manuel Klausner

Frontlines: Healthful Libertarians

Joe Cobb

Citings

Trends

Robert Poole

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Bill Birmingham

57 YEARS OF REASON

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