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R.W. Bradford
(1947–2005)
founder

Stephen Cox
editor

Mark Rand
managing editor

John Hospers
Bruce Ramsey
Jane S. Shaw
senior editors

Jo Ann Skousen
entertainment editor

Kathleen Bradford
Jim Walsh
assistant editors

Brien Bartels
David T. Beito
David Boaz
Alan W. Bock
Douglas Casey
Eric D. Dixon
Brian Doherty
Alan Ebenstein
Andrew Ferguson
David Friedman
Bettina Bien Greaves
Ronald Hamowy
Jon Harrison
Gene Healy
Robert Higgs
Gary Jason
Bill Kauffman
Dave Kopel
Bart Kosko
Richard Kostelanetz
Sarah McCarthy
Wendy McElroy
William E. Merritt
Robert H. Nelson
Randal O'Toole
Ross Overbeek
Durk Pearson
Patrick Quealy
Scott J. Reid
Ralph R. Reiland
Sheldon Richman
Timothy Sandefur
Sandy Shaw
Mark Skousen
Tim Slagle
Fred L. Smith Jr.
Martin M. Solomon
Clark Stooksbury
Thomas S. Szasz
Martin Morse Wooster
Leland B. Yeager
contributing editors

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

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On Newsstands Now: The July 2009 Issue

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The Start of Something Big?
Bruce Ramsey reports on an old American custom: exorcising taxes.
Street Fighting Man
We live in interesting times. As he explores the state of the world today and tomorrow, Doug Casey explains why that is not necessarily a curse.
Tombstones and International Trade
What could be better than a glorious day by the sea? Free trade, answers Jacques Delacroix.
The Books of Summer
The editors and contributors of Liberty offer their suggestions. Amazingly, there's no consensus.
December Song
Jo Ann Skousen enjoys a film demonstrating that age is what you make of it.

Also: Patrick Quealy on black-ops, psychics, secrets, and goats, Todd Skousen on the difference between being shocked and being entertained, Jo Ann Skousen considers the cinematic evidence that journalism is a dying profession and sits through a film that aims at the Academy Award but nevertheless has something to say . . . plus other articles, reviews & letters.

About Liberty

Liberty was founded by R.W. Bradford in 1987 as a national journal of libertarian opinion, news, investigation, and intellectual exploration. For nearly two decades, Liberty has exemplified the richness and range of classical liberal writing. It has published the leading figures of libertarian economic, political, historical, and literary thought.

Liberty is not just current events. It opens its columns to whatever is exciting, charming, or engaging in every field, from poetry and fiction to politics and philosophy — and the cartoons of Scott Chambers and "Baloo."

Liberty is impatient with boundaries and unafraid of controversy. It takes no party line. In every issue you can expect to see reflections, reviews, and reporting that challenge the individual mind.