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June 2008
Volume 22,
Number 5

R.W. Bradford
(1947–2005)
founder

Stephen Cox
editor

Mark Rand
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
Andrew Ferguson
David Friedman
Bettina Bien Greaves
Ronald Hamowy
Jon Harrison
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
Patrick Quealy
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 Scribble, scribble, scribble.
7 Reflections We craft the perfect bill, snort space monkey, melt our pennies, visit the stupidest state, fawn over Lincoln, give pregnant women the boot, dodge bullets with Hillary, learn to love Big Brother, smoke easy behind the fourth wall, and remember Charlton Heston.

Features

19 A Real Party? Suddenly, everybody wants to run under the Libertarian Party banner. Bruce Ramsey watches the race.
23 The Ethics of Tort Reform Gary Jason shows how to remedy the excessive litigation that is costing us hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

Twenty Years of Liberty

29 The Liberty Poll Since its founding, Liberty has been trying to keep track of libertarians — who they are and what they think. We now present the results of the latest Liberty Poll.
46 Moral Absolutes, Truth, and Liberty Ross Overbeek revisits the survey of libertarian attitudes that he helped to create 20 years ago.

Reviews

51 Prince of Darkness or Angel of Light? For a change, as Stephen Cox discovers, a Washington insider's tell-all fulfills its promise.
55 Leave Us Alone! The Leave Us Alone Coalition: now there's a good name. Bruce Ramsey investigates the movement behind the moniker.
56 Economics for Fun & Profit Martin Morse Wooster reveals that economics is no longer the dismal science.
57 Hayek Lives The afterlife of Friedrich Hayek has been long and strong. Lanny Ebenstein investigates his posthumous influence.
59 Screwy Enough? Cary Grant, Rosalind Rusell, Thelma Ritter . . . is anybody today as funny? Jo Ann Skousen reviews the evidence.
60 Cut Your Losses Todd Skousen grabs a popcorn MRE and watches Hollywood get the Iraq war wrong.
61 Teach Your Punters Well Jo Ann Skousen visits "South Pacific" and is glad to stay for the second act.
58 Notes on ContributorsOur hearty crew.
63 Terra IncognitaIt happens.

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