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February 2005
Volume 19,
Number 2

R.W. Bradford
editor & publisher

Patrick Quealy
managing editor

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
A.J. Ferguson
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

Sara A. Jones
editorial assistant

Kasey Allen
editorial intern

  Inside Liberty  

4 LettersSo sweet of you to write.
7 ReflectionsWe windsurf with Jesus, listen to Hendrix in the Village, get comfort from cosmic justice, hold ecotopic recounts, get juiced with Popeye, clown around on the mound, and dumpster-dive to armor our Humvees.

Features

19 Politics vs. Ideology: How Elections are WonPresidential elections have always been about interest groups, with ideology playing only a small role, Stephen Cox points out. Libertarians should learn from this.
25 How the Libertarian Party Avoided DisasterLP nominee Michael Badnarik finished surprisingly close to Ralph Nader in the 2004 election. R.W. Bradford looks at the election returns and identifies two decisions that added almost 90,000 votes to Badnarik's total.
27 The President and Mr. BushWhat would George Washington have to say to George W. Bush? Craig J. Cantoni moderates a fantasy debate.
29 An Evening with the NSAIf you plan on treating your family to a fun-filled afternoon at the National Cryptologic Museum, William E. Merritt advises, make sure that everyone brings a library card.
35 How Urban Planners Cause Congestion and DeathThe road to congestion and pedestrian deaths is paved with good intentions. Randal O'Toole & Michael Cunneen explain why it's so hard to get around these days.

Reviews

39 You Can Buy HappinessDavid Ramsay Steele discovers that money actually does buy happiness, but it costs more than you think.
48 The New Face of ConservatismTim Slagle falls for Ann Coulter.
50 The Godfather ReturnsClark Stooksbury reads the new Godfather novel.
54 Truth, Justice, and the Aristocratic WayA.J. Ferguson finds an animated exposition of modernity's enduring political conundrum, and a funny one at that.
47 Notes on ContributorsThe dirty dozen (give or take a few).
54 Terra IncognitaThings that make you go, "hmm."

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