| Inside Liberty
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| 4 | Letters |
Point, counterpoint.
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| 5 |
Reflections
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We create a slush fund, slap down Big Technology,
underestimate voters' intelligence, revise the 6th Commandment, love
pretty words, make prisoner foie gras, earn a degree in ignorance, find the
upside to disaster, recycle dirt, and can't afford not to speed.
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Features |
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Salesmen, Stalwarts, and Old Pols
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The Libertarian Party is
set to nominate its presidential candidate.
Bruce Ramsey handicaps the race.
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Libertarian Like Me
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Several recent studies into the roles of
tolerance and altruism in biological evolution suggest that evolved minds
prefer liberty. Sandy Shaw explains.
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The Housing Bubble and Bust
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Edmund Contoski documents
the ultimate causes of the mortgage crisis, and warns of what is yet to come.
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How to Think About Pollution
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Ronald Coase proved in 1960
that people misunderstand externalities. Almost 50 years later, policians,
regulators, and voters still misunderstand. David Friedman sheds some
light on the subject.
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The American Revolution: Right or Wrong?
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To many Americans, declaring independence proceeded from self-evident
premises. On the other side of the Atlantic, the issue was more complicated,
even for people friendly to human freedom. Ronald Hamowy explains.
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Summer Books
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Summer is the season of exploration, and there's
nothing more fun to explore than a good book. Liberty's editors and
contributors reveal some of their own discoveries.
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Liberation Theology vs. McDonalds
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El Salvador has
survived the Cold War, the Football War, a weak economy, and the
"export" of a third of its people. Doug Casey wonders what the future
will bring.
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53
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When Theories Collide
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Ben Stein's dissertation on religion and
science gets a very good grade from Jo Ann Skousen.
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54
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Should Ben Stein Be Expelled?
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Mark Rand, on the other
hand, argues "Expelled" deserves an "F" for ignorance and mendacity.
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56
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Iron and Dynamite
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Jo Ann Skousen maintains that Robert
Downey, Jr. makes science cool.
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Dissent for Me, Not Thee
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Gary Jason investigates those
institutions of higher education in which you can think what you want, so
long as you don't let anybody know.
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Too Smart for Its Own Good
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If you're arrogant, loveless, and without a clue, you must be really
smart — or isn't that so? Jo Ann Skousen considers the
question.
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| 59 | Notes on
Contributors | Fons et origo. |
| 63 | Terra
Incognita | Ecce homo. |
