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September 2005
Volume 19,
Number 9

R.W. Bradford
editor & publisher

Andrew Ferguson
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
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
Patrick Quealy
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

Mark Rand
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

Leo Buchignani
editorial intern

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

  Inside Liberty  

4 LettersOur readers untangle the webs we weave.
5 ReflectionsWe jump up and down with Tom Cruise, go bionic, kill without guns, dine with amputees, give away stadiums, pave over Connecticut, cut babies in half, and demand an end to world poverty.

Features

13 Kelo: Hope for Property RightsThe Supreme Court's Kelo decision has brought together property rights advocates and environmentalists to protest. Timothy Sandefur points them in the right direction.
18 Just Say "Non"Stephen Berry explains why it's a good thing that the European Union is beginning to disintegrate. Jacques de Guenin argues that a divided Europe is dangerous.
21 The Peasant PrincipleModern peasants aren't necessarily poor or uneducated. They just refuse to see what's right in front of them. Stephen Cox explores the ignorance that engulfs us.
27 Two Years in the Yukon WildernessAaron Anderson tells why he traded civilization for aggressive moose, overprotective bears, frozen thermometers, hashish, and the aurora borealis.
32 The Necessary EvilSome governments are so small that they cannot protect people's rights. Others are so big that they eradicate the very rights they were established to protect. Is it possible to create a government that is just the right size, with just the right amount of power? Mark Skousen explores a vexing issue.

Reviews

35 Hammer, Sickle, Action!Bruce Ramsey tours the Hollywood of the 1940s, where Stalin was America's best friend, show trials weren't just for show, and totalitarian life was just peachy.
38 Anemic BloodlustAs Jo Ann Skousen discovers, sometimes an old vampire just wants to settle down.
40 Aristocrats of the Gilded AgeTaking two bullets from an assassin's gun, wrestling him to the ground before he can blow up the building, and sealing big loan deals — Stephen Cox finds that it's all in a day's work for a "robber baron."
43 Notes on ContributorsThey followed us home. Can we keep them?
46 Terra IncognitaThe supply of the absurd still exceeds its demand.

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