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August 2006
Volume 20,
Number 8

R.W. Bradford (1947–2005)
founder

Stephen Cox
editor

Patrick Quealy
publisher

Andrew Ferguson
managing editor

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
Bettina Bien Greaves
Leon T. Hadar
Gene Healy
Robert Higgs
Bill Kauffman
Dave Kopel
Bart Kosko
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

Mark Rand
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

  Inside Liberty  

2 LettersOur readers kick things off.
5 ReflectionsWe freeze our assets, plot against Canada, rediscover Jimmy Carter, bring Maoism to North Carolina, open the border, close the border, tax the obese, segregate graduations, count corpses, and challenge Google with two cups and a string.

Features

15 George Bush: Darling of the LiberalsWhy won’t the Left lay off President Bush? After all, Jon Harrison finds, he’s giving them everything they want.
19 Remembrance of Things PastJohn Hospers looks back on his friendship with Ayn Rand, and a wealth of fascinating ideas and debates.
23 Of Meat and MythUpton Sinclair’s libels on American industry have become “facts.” Lawrence W. Reed sets the record straight.
27 Blue Jeans and BelarusJayant Bhandari hops a plane to the ex-Soviet satellite and wonders why the people are so eager to reelect their dictator.
32 Portland DerailedThe city’s “light-rail Mafia” plunges off the tracks. Randal O’Toole surveys the wreckage.

Reviews

37 Jesus' Baby Mama DramaConspiracy, history, theology, and a lot of flapdoodle: Eric Kenning examines the elements of “The Da Vinci Code.”
39 Let's RollJo Ann Skousen bristles at the claim that it’s “too soon” for “United 93.”
40 The Cylons' Makeover“Battlestar Galactica” is back, and without clownish robots. Timothy Sandefur joins the search for the planet called Earth.
42 Blood in the WaterIn the remake of “The Poseidon Adventure,” there isn’t a single likable character or moment of personal growth. But, Travis Stewart notes, the actors do have nice tans.
44 The Water and the BloodJo Ann Skousen remembers the days when action movies could afford a bit of allusion.
43 Notes on ContributorsAgitators, instigators, and explicators.
46 Terra IncognitaWe only wish we were making these up.

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