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September 2004
Volume 18,
Number 9

R.W. Bradford
editor & publisher

Patrick Quealy
managing editor

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
Alan Ebenstein
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
Ralph R. Reiland
Sheldon Richman
Timothy Sandefur
Sandy Shaw
JoAnn 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

Andrew W. Jones
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

John McCullough
editorial intern

  Inside Liberty  

4 LettersThe readers always come first.
7 ReflectionsWe get a suntan at 300 dpi, vote against Bonesmen, protest the cat tax, feel the LP's forehead, find hate speech in "Fahrenheit 9/11," fall out of love with trains, and find a smidgen of sanity in the Supreme Court.

Features

9 An Echo, Not a ChoiceHow did a party that opposes the Iraq war nominate a man who supports it even more strongly than George Bush? R.W. Bradford finds the answer.
17 The Triumph of the BrummagemAlec Mouhibian discovers that it isn't just John Kerry's face that is immobilized by Botox.
19 The Military Invades the Campus Affirmative action plus national security equals an end to free speech on campus. Mark Moller explains.
21 The Color of EnvyThe Green Party gathered in Milwaukee to fight Big Coffee, Big Beer, and Big Printing. Tim Slagle reports.
31 Urination NationThe War on Drugs takes its show on the road, where Ari Armstrong learns about the wisdom of making kids pee into paper cuups.
33 Resist All Wars!The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee won't pay taxes to support the War on Iraq. Barry Loberfeld invites them to resist taxation that supports the War on Drugs and other wars.
35 Why I Am for FreedomRodney Hide, newly elected leader of New Zealand's ACT Party, tells why he wants to change things in the land of mist and sheep.
37 When Freedom Seekers MeetThe avant-garde of the Free State Project gathered for an old-fashioned campout in New Hampshire. Logan Brandt was there, and reveals all.
41 Two Cheers for ViolencePacifists often claim that violence only begets violence. Dave Kopel tells why they are wrong.

Reviews

43 Why Is The West Rich?Historians and economists say that private property made the West the richest place on Earth. Jane Shaw looks at a new book that challenges that explanation.
44 The Temperature at Which Truth BurnsThe pop documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" burns George Bush and his war. Does it also burn the truth? Sarah McCarthy goes to the movies, looking for an answer.
47 It's Not Easy Being SpideyEven under a superhero's outfit, Jo Ann Skousen says, there is a man who must choose between helping others and helping himself.
48 The Explosion That Changed the WorldIt's not every day that an island blows up and disappears. When it happened in 1883, Bettina Bien Greaves discovers, people's understanding of the world changed forever.
50 BooknotesGeek heroes and a maverick economist.
49 Notes on ContributorsWho are these folks?
54 Terra IncognitaWarning: It's a strange world out there.

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