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October 2005
Volume 19,
Number 10

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
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

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

  Inside Liberty  

4 LettersOur readers take us to task.
7 ReflectionsWe schedule this year's teachers' strikes, pop the housing bubble, wander the desert, prevent birth defects, invoke devils and demons, rain on an infamous Crawford camper, gag on pork, suppress dissent, and pit supply against demand.

Features

15 South American Time BombColombia has lots of problems, but America's War on Drugs might be the biggest. Doug Casey leads a tour that takes us from coke barons to paramilitary groups to muggers who leave victims with no memory.
18 Back to the ReservationIf you think the NCAA's banishment of American Indian team names and mascots is an isolated case of political corectness run amok, you are very mistaken. Andrew Ferguson explains.
21 I ProtestA big group often prevents effective protest. Rycke Brown prefers to dance with herself.
23 Fruitless ControversiesYou can talk until you're blue in the face, and prove your case beyond a shadow of a doubt, but you can't change people's minds. Stephen Cox tells us why.
30 Where Everybody Knows Your NameTamara Wilhite's two-year-old daughter is invited to dinner at an exclusive restaurant. Protecting privacy is tough in the information age.
32 Washington's Farewell AddressThe father of our country warned us of specific pitfalls that awaited us if we weren't vigilant in protecting our Republic.

Reviews

37 Life at the BottomWhy do physicians from third-world countries conclude that a rich Western country's universal health care system is a disaster? Bruce Ramsey walks the streets with Britain's underclass, seeking an explanation.
40 The Hoax of the 20th CenturyThe Jews survived pogroms, blood libels, and the Inquisition, but one forged document nearly finished them off. Andrew Ferguson peers into the "Protocols of Zion."
41 The Once and Future EmpireIs the United States attempting to establish an empire? Would that necessarily be a bad idea? Martin Morse Wooster weighs the evidence.
44 The Incomplete SkepticDebunking astrology is all fine and good, but what Gary Jason wants to know is: why do skeptics give Marx a pass?
43 Notes on ContributorsMeet the press.
46 Terra IncognitaRunning with scissors.

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