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November 2003
Volume 17,
Number 11

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  

4 LettersIt's all you.
7 ReflectionsWe gawk at Bulgarian Speedos, get frisked for our Fourth Amendments, shoot some goddamned sensitivity into idiotic people, sniff for Satan, get a rejection slip from the CIA, protect California from Mexican imperialists, and watch gays sashay through a needle's eye.

Features

19 Libertarian Interventionism: Will It Liberate?Deposing foreign despots is one government program that many libertarians support. Gene Healy challenges the case for armed evangelism.
23 Perversion of JusticeMalicious inmates and complicit guards, Ralph Reiland discovers, can turn any prison sentence into a death sentence.
25 Surf, Turf, and Hard TimeStrolling along a public beach, Bo Keely heard more than the gentle rhythm of the waves. "Your papers, please," the officer said . . . and Keely found out about life in the Broward County jail.
27 Splish, Splash, I Was Taken to JailWhen a mischievous teen tosses a water balloon, Jo Ann Skousen discovers, she can end up charged with a felony if she asserts her constitutional rights.
29 Wasn't It a Little Crowded on that Grassy Knoll?Forty years after the JFK assassination, David Ramsay Steele learns, conspiracy theorists still don't even believe their own incredible theories.
37 The Color of Your Point of ViewOnly a perverse, race-based view of the world can justify affirmative action, Garin K. Hovannisian writes.
39 Diversifying for FreedomSarah J. McCarthy argues that, for people to be happy and prosperous, a nation should seek racial diversity, not "color blindness."
41 Palestinian VouchersWant to see conservatives and liberals unite behind school vouchers, while bringing about peace in the Mideast? Bart Kosko has an idea.

Reviews

43 Al Franken Is a Big, Boring Hypocrite Al Franken has found a new career as the comic nemesis of the Right. Tim Slagle is still waiting for the punch line.
46 The Lost CivilizationThere was a time when Islamic civilization outshone Christendom. Why did things change so much? Stephen Cox looks at what went wrong.
47 Henry Ford: Nazi Dupe?Was Nazism Job 1 for the great American entrepreneur? Bruce Ramsey dismisses a new indictment.
49 The Professor's Deadly DreamClark Stooksbury considers the legacy of the "supreme autocrat" whose war paved the way for decades of international turmoil, the rise of Hitler, and the Second World War.
52 The Decline & Fall of MotownIn the past 50 years, Detroit lost nearly half its population, while the U.S. population rose 85%. Greg Kaza looks at what went wrong in liberalism's model city.
51 Notes on ContributorsAutograph line forms to the right.
54 Terra IncognitaWe're not laughing at them . . . well, okay, we are.

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