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Off the Rails

Randal O'Toole wonders why we’re funding more rail transit, when we can’t even maintain the trains we already have.

Health, or Share the Wealth?

Steve Murphy reveals how Obamacare robs a whole bunch of Peters to pay not that many Pauls.

Complexity and Liberty

What’s your picture of the universe? It may have a lot to say about your political choices. Charles Barr elucidates.

Stray Facts

What do Darius I, prefabricated houses, southern railway gauges, and a cemetery in Ohio have to do with one another, or with anything? Stephen Cox explains.

Radio Free Santa Cruz

Jacques Delacroix brings freedom to unfree minds — and has a wonderful time doing it.

A Continent Adrift

Robert Chatfield ponders why, despite its enormous wealth in natural resources, Africa remains so poor.

Also: Michael Christian on declaring independence from wine savants, Gary Jason on the philosophical problems with the concept of "animal rights," Alec Mouhibian on hitting Pop Culture's mute button, JoAnn Skousen on a film about an independent young woman and a near-perfect murder mystery . . . plus reflections, letters & other reviews.