R.W. Bradford
(1947–2005)
founder

Stephen Cox
editor

Mark Rand
managing editor

John Hospers
Bruce Ramsey
Jane S. Shaw
senior editors

Jo Ann Skousen
entertainment editor

Kathleen Bradford
Jim Walsh
assistant editors

Brien Bartels
David T. Beito
David Boaz
Alan W. Bock
Douglas Casey
Eric D. Dixon
Brian Doherty
Lanny Ebenstein
Andrew Ferguson
David Friedman
Bettina Bien Greaves
Ronald Hamowy
Jon Harrison
Gene Healy
Robert Higgs
Gary Jason
Bill Kauffman
Dave Kopel
Bart Kosko
Richard Kostelanetz
Sarah McCarthy
Wendy McElroy
William E. Merritt
Robert H. Nelson
Randal O'Toole
Ross Overbeek
Durk Pearson
Patrick Quealy
Scott J. Reid
Ralph R. Reiland
Sheldon Richman
Timothy Sandefur
Sandy Shaw
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

June 2009
Volume 23, Number 5

4 Letters Our readers provide the overture.
7 Reflections We hit the lights, cross the line, shovel out the aid, cut off the bonuses, fire the board, wreck the neighbors, play the percentages, empty the asylum, and root, root, root against the home team.
Features
23 The Real Threat to America's Infrastructure The United States has serious problems with its transportation infrastructure. As Randal O'Toole explains, they are the result of government's misplaced priorities.
27 Beheading on a Bus Thomas Szasz describes the way in which doctors cooperate inrelieving people of responsibility for their actions.
29 At the Death of a Newspaper Many people, including many libertarians, regard the imminent demise of newspapers as unimportant. Bruce Ramsey dissents.
33 Bringing Sunshine to the Nanny State Urban progressives have us on the slippery slope to totalitarianism, says Vince Vasquez.
Reviews
39 Anarchy Again Most libertarians accept the existence of a minimal state. Some argue we should not. William D. Curl reviews the controversy.
42 The Two Watchmen Ross Levatter explores the worlds of "Watchmen": the film and the graphic novel.
44 Hurry Up and Own There is actually a film, Jo Ann Skousen discovers, that celebrates the business of making a profit.
45 Hurry Up and Waste Jo Ann Skousen considers a story about a woman who lives beyond her means . . . or was it a story about the U.S. government?
47 Garrett the Unique Stephen Cox studies the new biography of a great libertarian writer.