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November 2006
Volume 20,
Number 11

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 know the score.
5 ReflectionsWe restore furniture, desegregate "Survivor," click the spy button, boot Pluto, run as Incumbents, chase away the middle class, tyrannize the police, dive the Great New Orleans Reef, turn our bodily functions over to the TSA, labor in vain, throw the first stone, and ask if a doctor's in the house.

Features

15 Health Care: Three FantasiesThanks to genetic research, humans may soon be living dramatically longer, healthier, and more productive lives. But Ross Overbeek warns that caution could get the best of us.
18 Charity? Humbug!What could be better than using one's fortune to help the poor and struggling? Doug Casey has a few ideas.
21 Why Libertarians Should Call Themselves SocialistsFirst the nationalists called themselves "federalists," then the statists dubbed themselves "liberals." David G. Danielson strikes back against the label thieves.
23 The Crimes of WarJon Harrison surveys the modern battlefield and mulls over the vexed issue of atrocities.
26 The Catechism of the RevolutionWell before the American Revolution, the message of liberty rang forth from the pulpit. David Kopel introduces the preacher who coined the phrase "no taxation without representation."

Reviews

29 The Rise of the Compassionate ClassClass analysis was a growth industry even before the proletariat was taught to distinguish itself from the bourgeoisie. Gary Jason considers two recent analyses, and counters with one of his own.
38 AIDS ReconsideredRichard Kostelanetz reviews what decades of AIDS research have taught us: AIDS researchers are not necessarily to be trusted.
40 Curtain CallBehind the rhetoric and the razzmatazz of the vaudeville stage, Jo Ann Skousen spies the free market and good ol' entrepreneurship.
41 FilmnotesDrugs, music, magic, and a little girl with glasses.
35 Notes on ContributorsThe salt of the earth.
47 Terra IncognitaTurning and turning in the widening gyre.

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