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September 2008
Volume 22,
Number 8

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 Never say die.
7 Reflections We argue with Churchill, smoke some bowls, listen to old fascists, defend speculators, pump for offshore drilling, admire a few straight shooters, and say goodbye to a Bay Area libertarian radical.

Features

21 The Fall of a Royal House Democracy, Jayant Bhandari argues, is not the solution for the Third World's problems.
23 The Dog That Didn't Bark It isn't the obvious and much heralded forces that are to blame for the housing crisis, explains Randal O'Toole, it's the land-use planners.
27 On the Beach in an Arab City Jacques Delacroix demonstrates that more faith should be placed in human nature, even when it has powerful opposition to contend with.
29 Corruption and Hope in South America Doug Casey explores the social ruin that lies at the heart of South America.
35 Global Warming, Global Myth Why trust the media accounts of global warming, when you can consult the evidence? Edmund Contoski provides a guided tour.
41 Who Wrote "The Final Conceit"? Jane S. Shaw seeks the truth about an important libertarian book.
43 Defense of an Unlikely Choice Lance Lamberton defends the Libertarian Party's nominee, a refugee from the Republican Party.

Reviews

45 Half True What is a fascist? Do you know? Warren Gibson investigates the definitions.
49 Warlord Revisited In a new movie, Jo Ann Skousen finds an ancient warlord presented in a new, and very interesting, light.
50 Guys and Dolls Gary Jason shows how explorations of fear link two unlikely films.
51 Love Among the Robots Todd Skousen invites viewers of "WALL-E" to stand up, if they can, and say that humanity is not devolving.
52 Squatters or Seers? Jo Ann Skousen visits a film that urges us to enter a universe that is curiously like our own.
53 Booknotes Hot buttons, a slow hand, and an uncut diamond.
46 Notes on ContributorsThe source of it all.
55 Terra IncognitaSomeone has use for idle hands.

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