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April 2007
Volume 21,
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

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  

4 LettersFirst things first.
7 ReflectionsWe remember King Solomon, run dolphin-free sweatshops, rip biometric IDs, cast a vote for Hillary, card cartoon characters, advocate alcoholism, dip into the change fund, debate the aesthetics of '70s hairstyles, and introduce Swiss hospitality to the Middle East.

Features

19 Why the Surge Will FailJon Harrison scrutinizes the president's plan to see if it's anything more than sand and mirrors.
22 Waiting for FidelWhen Castro took Cuba, the struggle for human dignity began. Robert H. Miller remembers.
27 Losing My Religion Over "Handy Manny"Mexican handymen, black obstetricians, and fewer Jewish doctors than one might expect: Scott Stein follows a thread left dangling in our popular culture.
31 To Your Tents, O IsraelDavid Kopel finds biblical roots for the right to keep and bear arms.

Reviews

39 Gray in Tooth and ClawAndrew Ferguson investigates the first of undoubtedly many histories of the worldwide zombie pandemic.

War:
What Is It Filmed For?

by John Hospers, Gary Jason, and Jo Ann Skousen

43 Fascists and Fairy TalesA young girl uses enchantment and imagination to escape from Franco's Spain.
44 Hearts of DarknessA callow doctor contracts a degenerative political disease.
47 Christmas in the TrenchesFrench and German troops commit the crime of learning each other's names.
48 Ein Volk, Ein FührerThe power of film aids Hitler's rise.
52 Do the Right ThingWhatever the battlefield, some principles should never change.
46 Notes on ContributorsThe lilies of our field.
54 Terra IncognitaGoo goo g'joob.

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