July
2006
Volume 20,
Number 7 |
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 |
| 2 | Letters | Our readers come out swinging. |
| 5 | Reflections | We down some crazy pills, plow into the White House,
battle for luggage, rig the lottery, patent our perpetual motion machine,
complain about our miserly portions of poison, divvy up the oil money, fly
a pencil, unleash the bears, and wait quite a while for a New Orleans bus. |
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Features |
| 15 | The Books of Summer | Summer is the time to hang a hammock, mix
a mai tai, and spend a long afternoon stretched out with a good book. Our
editors and contributors offer a stack of suggestions. |
| 29 | My Life As a Legislator | The Hon. R. Kenneth Lindell takes us to a place
where libertarians have never trod before. |
| 33 | The TIF That is Eating Portland | Americans may be catching on to
eminent domain, but Randal O’Toole finds that central planners and urban
renewers have a more sophisticated weapon to use. |
| 36 | Down in Egypt Land | Doug Casey looks past the pharaohs and the
pyramids, and sees a land perched on the edge of destruction. |
| 39 | Freedom to Speak | Why would tens of thousands of people surrender
their lunch breaks to make speeches to one another? Jane S. Shaw examines
the thoroughly American world of Toastmasters. |
| Reviews |
| 43 | Bound But Determined | Jo Ann Skousen assesses a literary work in
which the motto is, “Obey, obey, obey, then do what you want.” |
| 45 | Of Mars and Mammoths | Telepathic computers, near-instant sex
changes, and lunar butterflies: Timothy Sandefur delves into the work of a
science fiction master. |
| 47 | Do the Right Transition | Has Spike Lee finally set aside his racial
rhetoric? Jo Ann Skousen investigates his newest film, “Inside Man.” |
| 50 | Spurning the Great Communicator | When the president’s own
party members attack his policies, Martin Morse Wooster sits up and takes
notice. |
| 51 | Booknotes | Redneck sociology, anarchic fantasy, lessons about war, and
the rise of South Park Conservatives.
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| 52 | Notes on Contributors | Catching waves and combing beaches. |
| 54 | Terra Incognita | Stupidity, equality, fraternity. |
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