| Inside Liberty |
| 4 |
Letters | Fresh from the mouths of our readers. |
| 5 |
Reflections | We discover our inner nation,
get scanned by Mormons, envy Somalia, tamper with the mails, take pity on Sen.
Santorum's wife, and take a stroll down the Arab Street. |
| "Victory" in Iraq |
| 11 | We Are the
Borg | Resistance is futile and Islamic fundamentalists know it.
William E. Merritt worries about a war that can't be
won. |
| 15 | Behind the
Smoke and Mirrors | The war on Iraq isn't about Osama bin Laden, weapons of mass
destruction, liberation, or even oil. R.W. Bradford offers a guided tour
of American gullibility. |
| 21 | Why We Conquer | On the eve of war, George W. Bush
told Americans why he was about to order the invasion of Iraq. George
Harper reads between the lines of the president's speech.
Also: Cleaning Up After the War Party, by Clark
Stooksbury, and Criminals in Our Midst, by Robert W.
McGee |
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Features |
| 31 | The Rorschach Test of Limited Government | Robert A. Levy has the
results: left-liberals and conservatives ignore the "inkblot" amendment, and find
only what they want to find in the Bill of Rights. |
| 33 | America's Debt to France | Send that Freedom Toast back to the chef.
Veronica Menezes Holmes defends our misunderstood friends, the
French. |
| 35 | Michiganistan? | The Wolverine State joins a
handful of conservative Islamic states in its retribution against people having
the wrong kind of sex. Leon Drolet looks at the curious history and
geography of repression.
Also: Bedfellows
Make Strange Politics, by Ralph Reiland |
| 41 | Fireworks! | There will always be good reasons for
Americans to be proud of their government, Ross Levatter
learns. |
| Reviews |
| 43 | A War Too
Civil | Jo Ann Skousen looks at how Hollywood extracted conflict
and drama from the Civil War. |
| 44 | Choose
Your Own Adventure | Are free will and determinism compatible? Timothy
Sandefur looks at a philosopher who says, astonishingly,
"Yes." |
| 47 | Getting It
Wrong | William F. Buckley Jr. rewrites the history of the Radical
Right, mainline conservatives, and libertarians. R.W. Bradford sets the
record straight. |
| 50 | Raw Deal | Alan Ebenstein is glad to see FDR's legacy judiciously
trashed. |
| 51 | Character Counts | Bruce Ramsey would like to know where
our heroes are leading us. |
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| 52 | Notes on Contributors | The Dream Team of the Invisible
Hand |
| 54 | Terra Incognita | The poor man's Atlantis. |
