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August 2003
Volume 17,
Number 8

R.W. Bradford
editor & publisher

Stephen Cox
John Hospers
Bruce Ramsey
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
Jeff Riggenbach
Scott J. Reid
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

Thomas Fuller
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

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

Jon Kalb
computer consultant

Jim Switz
associate publisher

Katelyn B. Fuller
Patrick Quealy
editorial intern

  Inside Liberty  

2 LettersPieces of our readers' minds.
7 ReflectionsWe find hope for a new generation, wish we could pack heat, explore the dopamine-addled mind of Bill Bennett, explain how liberty will feed the hungry, and go shopping for infrastructure with the ineffable Sen. Byrd.

Features

21 A License to DiscriminateIn two recent affirmative action cases, writes Robert A. Levy, a schizophrenic Supreme Court decided that institutions of higher education may discriminate — but only if they disguise it.
23 TIA Lives!"Total Information Awareness" has been rechristened "Terrorist Information Awareness," warns Chip Pitts, but it's still the same high-tech invasion of every American's privacy.
27 A Day in CourtEd Rosenthal could have got 60 years in prison for medical marijuana, yet the judge sentenced him to only one day. But if you think the system did him a favor, think again, writes Alan W. Bock.
29 The Market for EcologyFree-market environmentalism is finally being taken seriously, reports Terry Anderson, but much work must yet be done to secure the blessings of liberty for the planet.
31 The Leisure of the Theory ClassThinking is the curse of the thinking class. From decrying Lookism to critically analyzing beauty, theoreticians always find something — or Nothing — to deconstruct, observes Eric Kenning.
33 The Trouble With FriedmanFor more than a decade, Jeffrey Friedman has used his "scholarly journal," Critical Review, to attack liberty. J. C. Lester thinks it's time someone else gets the last word.
37 Admitting StupidityAlex Mouhibian wants go to college. He practices for the SAT, polishes up his writing skills, and . . . gets shot in the ass.
42 Dying, the State's WayThe right to kill oneself and the right to assisted suicide are not the same thing, cautions Jeffrey A. Schaler.

Reviews

45 Saying "No!" to the Good WarAs World War II loomed, Garet Garrett protested with all his intellectual might. Stephen Cox looks at a new collection of Garrett's trenchant attacks.
47 Libs in SpaceTimothy Sandefur explores the thin line between lunacy and genius in the farthest reaches of science fiction.
49 Instead of a BlockbusterJo Ann Skousen finds some good movies that probably aren't coming to a theater near you.
52 Homegrown HimmlerDuring World War II, a head of state ordered people of a particular race to be herded into camps — and earned a reputation as a great statesman, writes Bruce Ramsey.
51 Notes on ContributorsGet the goods on us.
55 Terra IncognitaDouglas Adams, eat your heart out.

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