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May 2004
Volume 18,
Number 5

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 LettersOur readers see through our deceptions.
7 ReflectionsWe get nickeled and dimed, stand up for Martha Stewart, ride the train to Nowhere, trade our bicycle for baseball cards, and remember a libertarian original.

Features

19 Armenian SplendorAlec Mouhibian explores his roots in an ancient country where religion is serious, life is rough, and you can feel the texture of the past.
29 What is War Good For?Alan Ebenstein and R.W. Bradford debate the conquest of Iraq and the War on Terror.
33 Life in the Death StarWashington, D.C. is a city of crime, Gene Healy observes, from street violence in Columbia Heights to the legal plunder of the Capitol building. And he wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
37 God, Man, and TyrantsOur divine duty to assassinate tyrants, Dave Kopel learns, was discovered by a 12th-century bishop.
39 America's War on ReligionAndrew W. Jones explores what's at the bottom of the slippery slope of George Bush's "Faith-Based Initiative," and discovers an ugly war against people of religion.
41 Orwell Lives! Two decades after "1984," George Orwell is still a breath of intellectual honesty in a time of stifling dogma. Richard Kostelanetz celebrates Orwell's continuing relevance.

Reviews

43 The Passion of Mel GibsonJo Ann Skousen disocers a tragic flaw in Gibson's "Passion."
45 Prospecting for AnthraxBruce Ramsey explores the tell-all books of two men who were at the frontline in the search for Saddam's weapons.
46 The Market for MoralsAre social concerns compatible with a free market? George Squyres examines a book that makes the case.
47 Love's Language LostSome things, Jo Ann Skousen is convinced, can never be shared.
49 Portrait of ServitudeFirst a painting, then a novel, now a film. Max Orhai, looks at the transformation of an Old Master.
50 BooknotesTwo new bestsellers by libertarians, a history of the Jews, and a book that makes computer operating systems interesting?!?
48 Notes on ContributorsWhence we came.
54 Terra IncognitaIt's a weird world out there. Be careful.

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