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September 2006
Volume 20,
Number 9

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

Mark Rand
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

Brien Bartels
David T. Beito
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
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

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

  Inside Liberty  

2 LettersOur readers get the ball rolling.
7 ReflectionsWe dodge a meteor, worry about Iraqi soccer, hide candy from customs, uncover the pot pandemic, take up smoking, gain Canadian citizenship, requisition more illegals, separate Huck and Jim, fail to embarrass Congressmen, and set the controls for the heart of the sun.

Features

21 Ten Great Books of LibertyThe 20th century was a bad era for liberty but a great era for libertarian thought. Liberty’s editors and contributors celebrate ten intellectual achievements that helped to produce the modern libertarian movement.
35 Germany Invites the WorldItaly may have taken home the trophy, but the World Cup was about more than the results of a few games of soccer. Andrew Ferguson takes in the biggest spectacle on earth.
39 A Party in Search of ItselfHow can a small, ideological party hope to affect U.S. politics? Patrick Quealy and Mark Rand report from the national convention of the Libertarian Party.

Reviews

47 Blinded by BeliefGary Jason wonders why malice is so often attributed when hatred, lust, envy, or stupidity will suffice.
49 Baby, You Can Drive My CarA kids’ movie in which the government is the villain? Jo Ann Skousen can’t quite believe her eyes.
51 Resisting the ReichThe Allied nations weren’t the only ones fighting the Nazis. Chris Baker examines the life of a defiant young martyr.
52 Sanity on TrialWhat is the dividing line between eccentricity and madness? Andrew Scull looks back on a time when the question was answered by the Masters in Sanity.
50 Notes on ContributorsOur rogues' gallery.
54 Terra IncognitaLord, what fools these mortals be!

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