| Inside Liberty |
| 4 |
Letters | Our readers fire the first shots. |
| 7 |
Reflections | We fire a few final shots at
the head of the Axis of Stupid before he orders shots fired at the Axis of Evil,
mourn the loss of Marines in the War on Drugs, celebrate the good ol' days of
Silent Cal, ride our BMWs out of Mother Russia, and discover that we aren't
"family." |
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Features |
| 19 | Why Tax Reforms
Don't Reform | If you think a national sales tax or a flat-rate income tax
would rid us of a meddlesome IRS, think again, warns David Welber. And
David Boaz and R.W. Bradford take a hard
look at taxes on use, sales, and death. |
| 25 | Liberty &
Disunion, Now & Forever | After 137 years, isn't it time to stop
fighting the Civil War? But this won't happen until we undiscover a few new
powers that Honest Abe discovered in the Constitution, argues Joseph Sobran.
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| 27 | From Nation-State to Stateless Nation | Common sense says that where
anarchy exists, chaos and destruction are sure to follow. So just how has Somalia
defied common sense for more than a decade? Michael van Notten reports
from the Horn of Africa. |
| 33 | The Call of
Christ to Freedom | If you love Christ, argues Stephen Legate, you ought to
love liberty too. |
| 37 | The Poverty of Samuelson's Economics | Paul Samuelson has taught
generations of college students. Sadly, as Alan Ebenstein points out, his
economics doesn't even meet its own standards as science. |
| 39 | I Want My SUV! | Karen De Coster has a few good words
to say about the murderous gas-hogs that support terrorism. |
| 41 | The Death Penalty in America | Ralph Slovenko provides just the
facts, ma'am. |
| 43 | Perverting a Message of Peace | Jeff Nall tells what
happens when George W. Bush searches for words of war in the works of a great man
of peace. |
| Reviews |
| 47 | Leftists Outwitted, Libertarians
Short-Shrifted | Garrett Brown reads Dinesh D'Souza's letters to a young
conservative. |
| 50 | U.S. Terror
Tactics in World War II | Bruce Ramsey takes a close look at the American bombing
of Germany and Japan, and discovers that the bombs weren't aimed at military
targets. |
| 52 | The Market for
Culture | Jane S. Shaw shows how trade helps — and hinders
— culture. |
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| 51 | Notes on Contributors | All about us, in two
columns. |
| 54 | Terra Incognita | Be careful out there. |
