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March 2004
Volume 18,
Number 3

R.W. Bradford
editor & publisher

Stephen Cox
John Hospers
Bruce Ramsey
Jane S. Shaw
senior editors

Brien Bartels
David Boaz
Alan W. Bock
Douglas Casey
Eric D. Dixon
Brian Doherty
Alan Ebenstein
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
Jeff Riggenbach
Scott J. Reid
Ralph R. Reiland
Sheldon Richman
Timothy Sandefur
Sandy Shaw
JoAnn Skousen
Mark Skousen
Tim Slagle
Fred L. Smith Jr.
Martin M. Solomon
Clark Stooksbury
Thomas S. Szasz
Martin Morse Wooster
Leland B. Yeager
contributing editors

Andrew W. Jones
Patrick Quealy
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

Max Orhai
editorial intern

  Inside Liberty  

2 LettersWe get tutored on Texas, monarchy, the "liberal" media, George Bush, and more.
7 ReflectionsWe take a hit from a Chong Bong, marvel at Hollywood's homophobes, propose Satellite Penile Control, diagnose the deluded Dr. Dean, get hitched on Dubya's dime, and explore multicultural blue laws.

Features

17 The Intelligence-Surveillance ComplexIf Immigration & Naturalization police can arrest a Canadian trying to enter the U.S. and send him to Syria to be tortured, how safe are any of us? Christopher Pyle explores the weird and frightening world of the intelligence-surveillance complex.
19 Baseball's Bill ClintonPete Rose was a good ballplayer. But he violated baseball's rules and lied like a Clinton. R.W. Bradford wonders, does this mean he should be barred from baseball's Hall of Fame?
23 Is There a Libertarian Case for War Against Iraq?Alan Ebenstein and R.W. Bradford begin a dialogue.
27 Our Liberal PresidentGeorge Bush has been called a fundamentalist, right-wing, Christian conservative. "Modern liberal" is a better label, writes Stephen Cox.
31 In Praise of Large FamiliesJo Ann Skousen considers the advantages.
33 The Libertarian Party Gets RealFundamental changes taking place within the LP may yet enable it to become a real player in American politics, argues national committeeman George Squyres.
35 Lysander Spooner, the Ninth Amendment, and MeWith a nineteenth century anarchist as his guide, Randy Barnett dismisses, then reconsiders the Constitution.
37 God's CarpenterEvery age has things to hide. Dave Kopel recalls a time when priests were contraband and the man who hid them faced torture and death.
41 The Trouble with SteinbeckMore Americans learn about the depression of the 1930s from "The Grapes of Wrath" than from any other source. It's too bad, Nicholas Varriano argues, because Steinbeck got it all wrong.

Reviews

45 Hayek's StruggleLeland Yeager contemplates the intellectual life of a great, and controversial, economist.
47 Bowling for BushDoug Casey reads Michael Moore's newest book, and likes it!
48 Scorecard for AchievementWhere does excellence come from? Andrew Jones examines an attempt to quantify it.
50 Keeping the Torch LitThe lessons of the Cold War are not lost on Timothy Sandefur.
51 Notes on ContributorsIn case you were wondering.
54 Terra IncognitaIt's a strange world we live in.

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