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June 2007
Volume 21,
Number 6

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

Mark Rand
Kathleen Bradford
assistant editors

Brien Bartels
David T. Beito
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
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

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

  Inside Liberty  

4 LettersOur readers fight the power.
7 ReflectionsWe stroll through Baghdad, score at the World Bank, corner the chicken market, breed less sheepish sheep, wrestle a bloodthirsty lion, diagnose an old malady, smuggle light bulbs, break a leg, and add a venerable American species to the endangered list.

Features

21 A Freewheeling DebateBookstores across the nation are featuring Brian Doherty's history of the libertarian movement. Bruce Ramsey and Lanny Ebenstein study the phenomenon; Doherty provides his own account.
29 Borking Up the Wrong TreeWhen it comes to legal principles, modern conservatives can be as dangerous as modern liberals. Timothy Sandefur shows what's under the sheep's clothing.
35 The Founding of the PartyJohn Hospers, one of the select group of Americans who have ever received a vote in the Electoral College, tells how it's done.
38 A Generation of SlackersMichael Christian surveys the age of porcelain and skateboards.

Reviews

41 Lies Your Teachers Are Telling YouGary Jason runs down the myths that keep public school budgets high and test scores really low.
46 Sparta 300, Persia 0The story told in "300" is a great one, Liam Vavasour admits. but the story told by history is even better.
47 Fondly Remembering Karl HessRichard Kostelanetz harks back to the heyday of American anarchism.
48 Pax ReaganaReagan may have muffed his lines about domestic matters. But, as Martin Morse Wooster finds, he played his part on the international stage almost to perfection.
49 A Wake for the WestThe death of the West: are the reports exaggerated? Garin Hovannisian weighs the evidence.
51 Curtain CallsJo Ann Skousen takes in a hit, a flop, and a guilty pleasure.
50 Notes on ContributorsOur boon companions.
54 Terra IncognitaOne measures a circle, beginning anywhere.

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