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March 2003
Volume 17,
Number 3

R.W. Bradford
editor & publisher

Stephen Cox
John Hospers
Jane S. Shaw
senior editors

Brien Bartels
David Boaz
Alan W. Bock
Douglas Casey
Eric D. Dixon
Brian Doherty
David Friedman
J. Orlin Grabbe
Bettina Bien Greaves
Leon T. Hadar
Gene Healy
Robert Higgs
Bill Kauffman
Dave Kopel
Bart Kosko
Richard Kostelanetz
Loren E. Lomasky
Sarah McCarthy
Wendy McElroy
William E. Merritt
Robert H. Nelson
Randal O'Toole
Ross Overbeek
Durk Pearson
Dyanne Petersen
Bruce Ramsey
Jeff Riggenbach
Scott J. Reid
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

Thomas Fuller
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

John Bergstrom
S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

Jon Kalb
computer consultant

Jim Switz
associate publisher

Claire A. Austin
editorial intern

  Inside Liberty  

4 LettersOur readers fight about the Iraq and the Civil War, find the good in Noam Chomsky and John Rawls and the evil in Rudolph Giuliani, expose the sorry state of Texas justice, and celebrate their SUVs.
7 ReflectionsWe unpack the State of the Union, smoke in Paris and New York, learn a lesson from Genghis Khan, look inside Molly Ivins' head, go boating on a dry lake, fondly recall the burning of the White House, and find Thomas Jefferson sticking to his guns.

Features

19 Totalitarian Information AwarenessThe nightmare world of George Orwell isn't just fiction anymore, thanks to a new program from George Bush and an old Iran-Contra convict. Chip Pitts reports.
28 Am I Libertarian?Brink Lindsey thinks war against Iraq may be a good thing. Should he be read out of the libertarian movement?
31 Freedom and the WolvesRevolution is the right of the people always and everywhere, argues Timothy Sandefur. But it is not the right of state legislatures, and when they enact legislation to withdraw from the United States, they must be crushed.
37 The Sacred ElementBurning fossil fuel, David Ramsay Steele discovers, is the only way to save life as we know it.
39 Rothbard vs. MisesWhat happens when these giants of libertarian thought conflict? As R.W. Bradford discovers, Rothbard trumps Mises, at least at the Mises Institute.

Reviews

41 "Do Their Spells Really Work?"Stephen Cox explores the weird world of witchcraft, where nice girls cast spells and manufacture new "ancient" myths.
44 The Trouble with TradeWorld trade raises the standard of living of all people everywhere. So why do so many people oppose it? Bruce Ramsey looks for answers.
45 What's So Great About AmericaConservatives know a lot about America's virtues. Unfortunately, as Jane S. Shaw discovers, part of what they know is not true.
46 Art and Life Well PlayedTom Stoppard's plays sparkle with intelligence and wit. So it's no wonder,Timothy Sandefur explains, that postmodernists can't stand them.
52 Marx ReconstitutedMarxists have looked to the writings of Eduard Bernstein, hoping to resuscitate socialist theory. David Ramsay Steele discovers that it'll take more than Bernstein's fiddling to pull off that miracle.
51 Notes on ContributorsNotes on the perps.
54 Terra IncognitaWhat goes around comes asquare.

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