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Why many activists prefer personal attacks to scientific debate.
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Earthquakes, Mud Slides, & Sandinistas
Nicaragua is finally recovering from natural and man-made disasters. So why is it still so crazy?
Weapons Modernization
How the Clinton administration is expanding its power before it leaves town.
Reality Principles: An Interview with John R. Searle
Eminent philosopher John R. Searle defends free speech, free inquiry, and the Enlightenment.
Cold Comfort: An Interview with John R. Lott
Economist John Lott discusses the benefits of guns--and the hazards of pointing them out.
Crop Busters
Self-righteous vandals lead a desperate, ill-informed campaign against genetically modified foods.
Rampaging Toward Choice
Why parents in Washington, D.C., are embracing vouchers and charter schools--and what that says about public schools.
The Ethicist Who Isn't
What's wrong with The New York Times Magazine's answer to Ann Landers.
Petri Dish Politics
Biotechnology will make it possible for us to live longer and better. So why are some people dead set against it?
After Socialism
Now the greatest threats to freedom come from those seeking stability and the "one best way."
Trial by Fury
How radical legal theory from America is destroying civil liberties in Great Britain.
Treasure of La Sierra
Colorado's embattled Taylor Ranch is the West writ small. Here's how capitalism may conserve it.
Truth, Terror and David Trimble
Is the Nobel Peace Prize winner complicit in murder? What the Brits can teach Americans about libel law.
Bottle Battle
The latest fight over wine labels is part of the ongoing struggle between wets and drys.
Gambler's Web
Why online betting can't be stopped--and why Washington shouldn't bother trying.
Prison Conversion
After studying nonviolent drug offenders, a criminologist who once said "Let 'Em Rot" now says "Let 'Em Go."
Cox Reports
Rep. Christopher Cox talks about his committee's report on Chinese espionage, his long-term campaign for budget reform, and the connection between freedom and encryption.
Warning: Bioethics May Be Hazardous to Your Health
The moralists' attack on medical progress and patient freedom
Cracking the speech code
When the University of Wisconsin sat down to evaluate its repressive faculty speech code, nobody expected free speech to win. Here's how it happened.
