April
2006
Volume 20,
Number 4 |
R.W. Bradford
(1947–2005)
founder
Stephen Cox
editor
Patrick Quealy
publisher
Andrew Ferguson
managing editor
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
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
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| Inside Liberty |
| 4 |
Letters | Our readers open up. |
| 7 |
Reflections | We spurn a goddess, spot a
hunter on the grassy knoll, scam Oprah, cross Muhammad with Mapplethorpe, miss
warning signs, mark our piglets, love Big Brother, savor the ridiculous, and bask
in the January sun. |
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| America's Wars:
Who Won and Who Lost?
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| 15 | America Won,
Americans Lost | Robert Higgs wonders: when freedom always loses, how can
anyone truly win? |
| 22 | Shooting Elephants | Bruce Ramsey finds that being
American means dealing with expectations other countries never have to
face. |
| 25 | Winning the Moral War | Aeon Skoble asks: is the idea of a
just war still a winning concept? |
| 29 | Wins, Losses, and
Libertarian Ideas | Stephen Cox examines war's unintended consequences
— both good and bad. |
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Features
| 36 | The Fight for Freedom at AHA | David T. Beito chronicles a more than
merely academic battle among academics. |
| 39 | Can Trains Be Saved? | Randal O'Toole presents a vision of
Amtrak operated as if its passengers mattered. |
| Reviews |
| 43 | While
San Francisco Burned | Why do people rebuild after disasters instead of moving
somewhere safer? Timothy Sandefur tours San Francisco in the hours after
the 1906 Quake. |
| 47 | T-Shirt Safari | Bettina Bien Greaves chases a T-shirt
through a worldwide cultural odyssey. |
| 49 | Lifestyles
of the Rich and Leftist | Ralph Nader lives in a mansion. Michael Moore owns Halliburton
stock. Nancy Pelosi is a real estate baron. Gary Jason wants to know how
anyone can take these people seriously. |
| 53 | Neuroses and Nets | Is it better to be lucky or good? Jo Ann
Skousen casts a critical eye on Woody Allen's newest. |
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| 52 | Notes on Contributors | The belles of the ball. |
| 54 | Terra Incognita | Beware the Jabberwock. |
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