Capitalist Tool Time
Steve Forbes is running for president and may well win the GOP nomination. But what kind of road is he traveling?
Features
Mind Over Matter
In the information economy, intellectual property is bringing huge returns. But just how will society split up the bounty?
Wild, Wild Web
In cyberspace, copyright infringement is only a click away. Commonsense guidelines to intelectual property in unsettled territory.
Plan Obsolescence
Urban planning skeptic Peter Gordon on the benefits of sprawl, the war against cars, and the future of American cities.
Medical Convictions
How prosecutors are charging doctors with criminal malpractice--and why patients should be very scared.
Shades of Green
How state regulators and the private sector are making environmental policy more effective and less intrusive
Drug Trial
Is "medicalization" the first step in ending the drug war? Or just the next step in continuing it? Jacob Sullum lays out the "public health" issues and a panel of experts responds.
Who Killed Culture?
From barbarism to democracy, elites seek a suspect in the reported death of art.
The Drudge Retort
The $30 million libel suit against Internet gossip Matt Drudge smells of opportunism.
"Racial Preferences Are Dead."
Anti-quota activist Ward Connerly on the end of affirmative action
Domestic Violations
The war against spouse abuse runs roughshod over rights and common sense.
Stoned in Santa Barbara
A family owned quarry business is no match for determined bureaucrats.
Shaky Recovery
Three years after a devastating earthquake, Kobe is still in ruins. Why can't Japan cope with diasasters?
Same as the Old Boss?
California's term limits are under a legal cloud in the federal courts. But what, if anything, has Prop. 140 changed in Sacramento?
Climate Controls
If we treated global warming as a technical problem instead of a moral outrage, we could cool the world.
Stand-Up Guy
Comedian Drew Carey on network censors, Hollywood guilt, and why he likes eating at Bob's Big Boy.
Software Pirates
Congress never gave the FDA power to control medical practice. But the agency seized it anyway--by regulating software and computers.
Wild Success
Saving endangered wildlife once meant trampled crops and violent death to the villagers of Southern Africa. Now community-based capitalism is turning once-fearsome pests into valuable sources of wealth.
Let's Make a Deal
As the proposed tobacco settlement heads to Congress, the anti-smoking movement is divided over whether it's a good deal after all. A guide to the players, the alliances they've established, and who hopes to get what.
The Peters Principles: An Interview with Tom Peters
The management guru as playground director, provocateur, and passionate defender of open societies.
The Embarassment of Riches
For today's independent artists, integrity can be financially rewarding. Can punk rock and alternative comics make peace with entrepreneurial capitalism?
Polluted Science
New air pollution regulations based on questionable science and creative economic analysis could cost billions and change the way Americans mow their lawns, heat their homes, clean their clothes, and barbecue their burgers. Can Congress stop this regulatory power grab?
Thy Neighbor's Keeper
Can private charities replace tax-funded welfare? A program in one Maryland county suggests the challenges facing church-based efforts to help welfae mothers become self-sufficient.
Adieu to the Avant-Garde
As the artistic regime shifts, realism, rhyme, and representation make a comback.
Armey of the Right
Majority Leader Dick Armey may well be the next Speaker of the House. What's his agenda?
Child-proofing the World
By every measure, children are doing better than ever. Why all the anxiety? And where will it end?
Hints from Eloise
Welfare-reform pioneer Eloise Anderson speaks bluntly--as always--about race, class, sex, and the realities of "the system."
Occupational Hazards
Why "sued if you do, sued if you don't" is the new rule in employment law.
Slouching Toward Phoenix
Conservatives gather at a swank, sunny resort to remind themselves how terrible the world is. The occasion is Dark Ages II, and it deserves the name.
Judge Dread
Robert Bork's hyperbolic assault on contemporary culture is a best-seller. But it has even his conservative allies backing away.
