| Inside Liberty |
| 4 |
Letters | Our readers fight about the Iraq and the Civil War, find the
good in Noam Chomsky and John Rawls and the evil in Rudolph Giuliani, expose the
sorry state of Texas justice, and celebrate their SUVs. |
| 7 |
Reflections | We unpack the State of the
Union, smoke in Paris and New York, learn a lesson from Genghis Khan, look inside
Molly Ivins' head, go boating on a dry lake, fondly recall the burning of the
White House, and find Thomas Jefferson sticking to his guns. |
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Features |
| 19 | Totalitarian
Information Awareness | The nightmare world of George Orwell isn't just fiction
anymore, thanks to a new program from George Bush and an old Iran-Contra convict.
Chip Pitts reports. |
| 28 | Am I
Libertarian? | Brink Lindsey thinks war against Iraq may be a good
thing. Should he be read out of the libertarian movement? |
| 31 | Freedom and
the Wolves | Revolution is the right of the people always and everywhere,
argues Timothy Sandefur. But it is not the right of state legislatures,
and when they enact legislation to withdraw from the United States, they must be
crushed. |
| 37 | The Sacred Element | Burning fossil fuel, David Ramsay
Steele discovers, is the only way to save life as we know it.
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| 39 | Rothbard vs. Mises | What happens when these giants of
libertarian thought conflict? As R.W. Bradford discovers, Rothbard trumps
Mises, at least at the Mises Institute. |
| Reviews |
| 41 | "Do Their Spells
Really Work?" | Stephen Cox explores the weird world of witchcraft,
where nice girls cast spells and manufacture new "ancient"
myths. |
| 44 | The Trouble
with Trade | World trade raises the standard of living of all people
everywhere. So why do so many people oppose it? Bruce Ramsey looks for
answers. |
| 45 | What's So Great About America | Conservatives know a lot about
America's virtues. Unfortunately, as Jane S. Shaw discovers, part of what
they know is not true. |
| 46 | Art and Life Well Played | Tom Stoppard's plays sparkle with
intelligence and wit. So it's no wonder,Timothy Sandefur explains, that
postmodernists can't stand them. |
| 52 | Marx Reconstituted | Marxists have looked to the writings of
Eduard Bernstein, hoping to resuscitate socialist theory. David Ramsay
Steele discovers that it'll take more than Bernstein's fiddling to pull off
that miracle. |
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| 51 | Notes on Contributors | Notes on the perps. |
| 54 | Terra Incognita | What goes around comes
asquare. |