What Causes AIDS?: The Debate Continues
Responses to our June cover story, and a rebuttal by Charles A. Thomas Jr., Kary B. Mullis, and Phillip E. Johnson
Features
"All I Think Is That It's Stupid": An Interview with Dave Barry
Dave Barry on laughing at Very Big Government
Can the President Think?
The chaos and paralysis of the Clinton presidency reflect the chaos and paralysis of Bill Clinton's mind-and he is not going to change.
The New Anti-Welfare States
While states experiment with real change, Clinton threatens to end welfare reform as we know it.
Life, Liberty, and the ACLU: An Interview with Nadine Strossen
Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, on rights in the age of P.C.
The New, New World: An Interview with Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguez on culture and assimilation
Revolutionary Appeals
Chiapas tells the old story of peasant Indians used by urban intellecturals.
Mind Alteration: An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann
Drug-policy scholar Ethan Nadelmann on turning people against drug prohibition
Breathing Room
California beats the EPA in the smog-check battle.
A Tale of Two Countries
Hong Kong, the Philippines, and protectionism's human toll
P.S., Inc.
Will private management teach the public schools a new attitude toward education?
What Causes AIDS?
Scientists have serious doubts about the official theory linking HIV and AIDS.
BATF Out of Hell
Even before Waco, people in the booze business were afraid of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
Recycling Rubbish
Why Germany's "market-oriented" recycling scheme can't transform trash into treasure
All in the Family Practice
ClintonCare's medical-specialty quotas
The Mother of All Rights
Without secure property, the Islamic world can't escape tyranny and stagnation.
Reading Between the Lines
A day in the life of the news genre
The Great Pretenders
How the press helps public figures stage the news
Library Renewals
Private citizens are remaking a public institution.
Tactical Tragedies
The lone gunman theory of firearm regulation
Casualties of War
Drug prohibition has shot gaping holes in the Bill of Rights
Child Abuse
In the name of protecting kids from harm, social workers subject them to cruel and unusual punishment.
Onward, Christian Soldiers?
In trying to broaden its appeal, the Christian Coalition risks alienating its base.
The Designer Plague
If humanity is a cancer, what is the cure?
Why Johnny Can't Teach
Without knowing what works in the classroom, American educators have become fad followers.
Getting an Education
With a big test coming up in November, the school-choice movement is learning from its mistakes.
Pushing the Limit
California's government may have gotten too big for the cage built by Prop. 13.
Hide and Peek
The government doesn't mind if you lock up your secrets-as long as it holds the key.
America's Economic Refugees
In an overregulated economy, the best preparation for survival may be a Third World education
