| Inside Liberty
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| 4 | Letters | Our readers take us to
task. |
| 7 | Reflections | We 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.
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Features |
| 15 | South American Time
Bomb | Colombia 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
Reservation | If 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 Protest | A big group often prevents
effective protest. Rycke Brown prefers to dance with herself.
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| 23 | Fruitless
Controversies | You 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
Name | Tamara 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
Address | The father of our country warned us of specific pitfalls that
awaited us if we weren't vigilant in protecting our Republic.
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| Reviews |
| 37 | Life at the
Bottom | Why 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
Century | The 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
Empire | Is the United States attempting to establish an empire?
Would that necessarily be a bad idea? Martin Morse Wooster weighs
the evidence. |
| 44 | The Incomplete
Skeptic | Debunking astrology is all fine and good, but what Gary
Jason wants to know is: why do skeptics give Marx a
pass? |
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| 43 | Notes on
Contributors | Meet the press. |
| 46 | Terra Incognita | Running with
scissors. |