| Inside Liberty |
| 4 |
Letters | Dispatches from reader country. |
| 7 |
Reflections | We put out fires, get our
clocks cleaned, rock the Casbah, domesticate tigers, ogle Lingerie Barbie®,
wonder what the neocons are doing with all those "transfer tubes," scratch
ourselves off another government list, and put the ice cream man on ice. Plus:
Thomas S. Szasz on the "The Greatest Poem" and Stephen Cox's "Word
Watch." |
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Features |
| 19 | Our Pagan
Holy Day | Jo Ann Skousen reminds us that Irving is the reason for
the season . . . er, how's that? |
| 21 | Learning From the California Election | Libertarians finally got a
chance to test their theory about what prevents them from winning elections. Will
they learn from the experience? wonders R.W. Bradford. |
| 23 | Time to Get Real | Greg Newburn has a roadmap to
libertarian political victories. |
| 27 | I Drop My
Pants to Airport Security | Do the morons in the Transportation Security Administration
make you want to scream? Tim Slagle responds, "Don't get mad — get
naked!" |
| 29 | A Strange
Little Town in Texas | The Blessed live in West Texas, as do the monumentally dumb, as
well as Larry J. Sechrest. |
| 35 | Truth and Fiction About the Mormons | Mark Skousen offers a
different perspective on the religion criticized by William Grigg in December's
Liberty. |
| 37 | Monarchy: Friend of Liberty | Leland Yeager makes the case that a
tempered monarchy can preserve peace and freedom better than direct
democracy. |
| Reviews |
| 43 | Poke 'Em In
the Eye? | Christopher Chantrill compares a couple of analyses of
the corporation and decides that corporations make nice pets, as long as society
has a two-by-four handy to keep 'em in check. |
| 45 | "Walk**g Distance to Sy**gogue" | Selling your home? Bruce
Ramsey advises against using profanity, such as "walk-in" or "bachelor
pad." |
| 46 | Love, Sex, and Sanctimony | Philip Roth gets it exactly right in his
novel about the hypocrisy and sanctimony of '98, says Sarah McCarthy, as
does a film based on the novel. |
| 48 | The
Market for Compassion | Jo Ann Skousen applauds a frank portrayal of socialized
health care. |
| 49 | Booknotes | A few words on Joseph Kennedy's
fibs, today's wars, and the art of Frank Lloyd Wright, Marilyn Monroe, and
Britney Spears. |
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| 51 | Notes on Contributors | Fools don't break for
Christmas. |
| 54 | Terra Incognita | Beware of homo
sapiens. |
