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December 2007
Volume 21,
Number 12

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

Kathleen Bradford
Jim Walsh
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
Ronald Hamowy
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
Jo Ann 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 Letters Our readers tackle the big questions.
9 Reflections We charge up our government's platinum card, institutionalize Rumsfeld, watch dirty movies in Myanmar, protect suburbia from cigarettes, take back Gore's Nobel Prize, save the world from file-sharing single mothers, observe Bush reverting to MBA form, tango with talk-show hosts, and see the fat lady singing.

Features

23 Where Have All the Techies Gone? If you want something done, Gary Jason reminds us, somebody's got to do it.
27 Panama: The Western Hemisphere's Dubai Doug Casey visits Panama, meets with its president, and admires up-and-coming Panama City.
31 L'Eclisse Did you notice that something was different? Dana Peterson did. Something passed out of our world.
34 The Half-Open Door The real question of immigration, writes Bruce Ramsey, is not about principles. It's about numbers.
37 The Cookie Monster Beats the Cops One person can change the world, Rycke Brown finds — if she's persistent, honest, polite, and firm in her convictions.

Reviews

43 Liberty and Pragmatism at the Fed Even for people who have followed a story that began with Ayn rand, there has often been something deeply mysterious about Alan Greenspan's career. Bruce Ramsey figures it out.
46 The Road to Hayek To understand a mastermind, suggests Lanny Ebenstein, start with his own works.
47 The Inward Journey What happens when you're lost in the wilderness, spiritually as well as physically? Jo Ann Skousen goes there.
49 From Russia With Mob Gary Jason follows David Cronenberg's transformation from splatter punk to serious storyteller.
50 All You Need Is a Beatles Fix Jo Ann Skousen gets back to the long and winding road.
52 Sasquatcherie There's an idea in those woods, and it sometimes looks large and furry. Jon Harrison investigates, with Jo Ann Skousen close behind.
51 Notes on ContributorsWe few, we happy few.
54 Terra IncognitaA fumbling of ecstasy.

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