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February 2003
Volume 17,
Number 2

R.W. Bradford
editor & publisher

Stephen Cox
John Hospers
Jane S. Shaw
senior editors

Brien Bartels
David Boaz
Alan W. Bock
Douglas Casey
Eric D. Dixon
Brian Doherty
David Friedman
J. Orlin Grabbe
Bettina Bien Greaves
Leon T. Hadar
Gene Healy
Robert Higgs
Bill Kauffman
Dave Kopel
Bart Kosko
Richard Kostelanetz
Loren E. Lomasky
Sarah McCarthy
Wendy McElroy
William E. Merritt
Robert H. Nelson
Randal O'Toole
Ross Overbeek
Durk Pearson
Dyanne Petersen
Bruce Ramsey
Jeff Riggenbach
Scott J. Reid
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

Elizabeth Merritt
managing editor

Kathleen Bradford
assistant editor

John Bergstrom
S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

Jon Kalb
computer consultant

Jim Switz
associate publisher

James Barnett
Claire A. Austin
editorial intern

  Inside Liberty  

4 LettersOur readers stand up for the Libertarian Party, sit down for fatty food, say no (and yes) to war, and buy the farm.
5 ReflectionsWe live the posh life in Kabul, seek independence for the Big Apple, bash SUVs, bemoan the passing of Al Gore, answer the call of the North, cheer for Al Sharpton, and grouse about the decline of the Republic.

Features

19 Suppose the Globe Is Warming . . . If Global Warming means longer growing seasons, milder winters, and greater prosperity, why are so many people willing to go to such extremes to fight it? Robert H. Nelson reports from the front in the world's latest War of Religion.
21 John Rawls and the Veil of IncoherenceThe 20th century's most influential political thinker just died — Jan Narveson performs an autopsy.
23 Liberty and Union Don't Go TogetherJoseph Sobran challenges the argument for America the Indivisible and wonders, if the Constitution promised to bind the states forever, why would any have decided to join?
25 A Year at FEEMark Skousen recounts his all-too-short year as president of the Foundation for Economic Education, and wonders whether the sun is setting on America's oldest freedom organization.
27 The Romance of the New ReligionsStephen Cox is your guide.
31 Guns in the DockThe courts weren't always so careless about the Second Amendment, Dave Kopel reports.
33 The Coercive Anarchism of Noam ChomskyBarry Loberfeld discovers that the world famous philosopher's vaunted "anarchism" ultimately amounts to its very opposite.
37 A Model for Libertarian ActivistsJacques de Guenin tells how a small group of dedicated people convinced the public that taxes should be cut, trade freed up, and government reduced — all within a decade.

Reviews

41 A Politically Correct H.L. MenckenH.L. Mencken was undoubtedly America's most influential literary and social critic, and arguably America's most influential libertarian. But, R.W. Bradford wonders, was he also an anti-Semite, as a new biography claims?
46 Freedom, Not ProtectionBettina Bien Greaves discovers a new breed of feminists who seek simple freedom — and eschew the quotas, exemptions, and special protections sought by old-line feminists.
49 The Dialectics of LibertyAri Armstrong looks at dialectical libertarianism.
52 Authenticity and the Art of the DocumentaryMore often than not, as Richard Kostelanetz observes, documentaries don't record their subjects — they record their makers' opinions.
51 Notes on ContributorsYour faithful correspondents.
54 Terra IncognitaNews you can't use.

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