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August 2007
Volume 21,
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

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
Gary Jason
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

Christine Li
editorial intern

S.H. Chambers
Rex F. May
cartoonists

  Inside Liberty  

2 LettersOur readers call the tunes.
5 ReflectionsWe assault reason, bowl for kidneys, toss a dwarf (planet), distance ourselves, harvest some free money, swim in our coin-filled vaults, give credit where credit's due, and celebrate 20 years of lampooning those opposed to liberty.

Features

15 Ron Paul in the SpotlightBruce Ramsey investigates the libertarian who is making waves in the Republican Party.
18 I Have Seen the Future, and It Has the ClapBill Merritt tours a community where careful planning has produced some unanticipated results.
21 $2.3 Trillion, and Not a Penny More!For decades we've been pouring "foreign aid" into impoverished nations. Peter Allen follows the money to see where it's gone.

Liberty at Twenty
by R. W. Bradford, Bruce Ramsey, and Stephen Cox

29 A Constant FeastWhere we've been.
34 At LibertyWhat we do.
39 Confessions of a
Liberty Editor
How we do it.
43 Liberty PollWho you are.

Reviews

45 The Power to Make You SeeTimothy Sandefur views the world in the mirror of Joseph Conrad's stories.
48 The Birthplace of American LiteratureA small group of bright minds, Jo Ann Skousen discovers, is all it takes to change the world.
49 MedianotesBlockbuster busts, so-so Sowell, parties de Paris, an ovation for opera, and a bit of BS.
52 Notes on ContributorsThey don't look a day over 20.
54 Terra IncognitaDr. Livingstone, we presume.

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