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October 2007
Volume 21,
Number 10

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
Gary Jason
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

Christine Li
editorial intern

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

  Inside Liberty  

2 LettersOur readers call the tunes.
5 Reflections We nuke pakistan, line up for the draft, sell clothes in Togo, find Democrats can't count to two (much less a trillion), are gagged by menu Nazis, dive into the South Pole, discover 9,990 Commandments that Moses forgot, eat up spicy curried chaos, and raise the hackles of Misty Moyse.

Features

17 Nine Days in July Jon Harrison analyzes the crisis in Iraq and wonders how long America can remain the world's superpower.

Is There a God?
And Does It Matter?

21 Reverence for Skeptics We cannot explain the universe, Leland B. Yeager argues, but the idea of God is no answer either to the spiritual or to the political questions.
26 Skepticism, and Beyond Although we cannot explain the universe, Stephen Cox asserts, the fingerprints of the Author of Liberty can still be found.
33 The Market for Body Parts What used to be science fiction is now just common sense. Gary Jason reveals the practical benefits — and provides a practical proposal.
37 Fifty Really Stupid Ways to Save the Earth If you're full of good intentions but are running short on brains, Karl Hess has the solution to all your problems.
39 Why I Don't Like Europeans Jacques Delacroix sees what 40 years of social democracy have done for — or, rather, to — Europe.

Reviews

41 The Massively Multiplayer Life David Friedman learns how online games are changing our world — or the way we perceive it.
43 Ghastly Disobedience John Lalor succumbs to the latest Harry Potter movie. And no wonder: it's against all the things that libertarians are against.
45 He Should Have Been a Libertarian As Richard Kostelanetz shows, the career of crusading journalist I.F. Stone was more interesting than his biographer suspects.
47 Better Living Through Fluff Initiative and self-sufficiency are admirable — and can be had without New Age claptrap, Jo Ann Skousen maintains.
48 Tragedy and Triumph Gary Jason pays tribute to the great singer of Paris.
50 Filmnotes Special-ops jungle escapes, dinner with rats, virtuous friendship, and a Faerie tale.
51 Notes on Contributors 55     Terra Incognita

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