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February 1989

Reason magazine, February 1989 cover image
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It's a Rotten Life

Rent control and the loss of civility

William Tucker

Symposiums

Freedom in the Skies 1979–1989

Peter Samuel, Lawrence Person, James Gattuso, and Robert Poole

Books

Defending the "Peace Shield"

Ted Carpenter

Book Hints

Lynn Scarlett

The Conscience of a Curmudgeon

David Brudnoy

Peru's Peaceful Revolution

Alejandro Chafuen

Brief Review

Juliana Geran Pilon

Editorials

A Freeze Is Not Enough

Robert Poole

Thou Shall Not Covet

Virginia Postrel

By the Way….

Reason Staff

Columns

Addiction

Drugs: Are Addicts Sickorbad?

Virginia Postrel

Magazines: Adding Up to Good Reading

Martin Wooster

Italy: The Leaning Tower of Statism

Antonio Martino

Washington: Congressional Fodder

Doug Bandow

Science Fiction

Free Worlds

James Dunn

Citings

Balance Sheet

Virginia Postrel

The People Have Spoken

Charles Oliver

And You Thought the Airlines Were Late

Reason Staff

Happy Homemakers

John Hood

Revenge of the Citizen

Craig Collins

Write On

Charles Oliver

Renovating Freedom House

John Hood

Will They Do Windows?

Craig Collins

Letters

Letters

Reason Staff

Brickbats

Brickbats

Mark Edward Crane

57 YEARS OF REASON

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