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

January-February 2010
Volume 24, Number 1

4 Letters Our readers have their say.
7 Reflections We love free money, embrace the leash, feed the wolves, insist that the lining is silver, demand our Nobels, and raise the dead.
Features
21 A Libertarian and a Comedian Walk Into a Bar Tim Slagle hits the road, chasing the next fix for an addiction that has enthralled him for three decades.
27 Skirting the Surveillance State For a few days in London, Andrew Ferguson watches the watchmen.
33 Crash and Burn Edmund Contoski looks on as the federal government hurls a big rock through our economic windshield.
37 Man and Groom Bruce Ramsey chronicles the success of a referendum whose advocates wanted it to fail.
39 How the Greens Went Red Randal O’Toole reports from inside the environmental movement.
43 How We Got Well John Goodman catches a glimpse of a world in which sound minds inhabit sounder bodies.
45 How Liberty Helps the Poor For capitalism to thrive, Russell Hasan argues, libertarians must do a better job reaching the working poor.
47 Is Scripture Statist? Contrary to popular opinion, as David Puller explains, the Bible is not the government’s friend.
Reviews
51 When Communism Was Cool Bruce Ramsey sets out to recover the origins of the anticommunist movement.
54 Liberty, Ahoy! Jo Ann Skousen takes to the high seas, where neither she, nor anyone else, is owed anything.
55 The Muslim Myth Stephen Cox busts a common misconception about the Islamic precedents of libertarianism.
58 I, That Am Rudely Stamp’d Jo Ann Skousen considers the defense for a great historical villain.
59 Tainted Love Michael Moore’s assessment of capitalism is not precisely that of Jo Ann Skousen.
60 Homeland Insecurity It can be a thrill, Jo Ann Skousen discovers
61 Ode to an English Poet Jo Ann Skousen finds that film has not lost all sense of beauty.

52 Notes on Contributors Our Yuletide cheers.
63 Terra Incognita Caution: contents under pressure.