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October 1998 Issue
- 27 Articles
The Claims of Nature
Virginia Postrel and Rick Henderson
, pp. 4-9
The 'Can Gays Change' Debate is Muddling the Main Issues.
Letters
, pp. 10-13
Citings
High Stakes
Abe Crystal
, p. 14
Nicotine Buzz
Jacob Sullum
, p. 14
Balance Sheet
Rick Henderson
, p. 14
Dead Air
Jason Brooks
, p. 15
I'll Take That
Abe Crystal
, p. 16
Netbrow
Charles Paul Freund
, p. 17
Can't Bear It
Jacob Sullum
, p. 17
Pediatric Politics
Jason Brooks
, pp. 17-19
Brickbats
Charles Oliver
, p. 20
Dirty Dancing
Michael W. Lynch
, p. 20
Does America Hate Its HMOs?
Michael W. Lynch
, p. 21
Painful Reminder
Jacob Sullum
, pp. 21-22
Capital Letters
Michael W. Lynch
, pp. 23-25
Covering the Spreads
Green Redlining
Henry Payne
, pp. 26-33
How Rules Against 'Environmental Racism' Hurt Poor Minorities Most of All
The Politics of Permanent Immigration
John J. Miller
, pp. 34-41
How PRO-Immigration Forces Triumphed--And Why They're Likely to Keep Doing so.
Stars In Her Eyes
Virginia Postrel and Steven Postrel
, pp. 42-51
Astronomer Sallie Baliunas on Sunspots, Global Warming, and the Benefits of Privately F...
Pervasive Problem
Jonathan D. Wallace
, pp. 52-57
The 1978 Supreme Court Decision Allowing Censorship of Dirty Words on Radio Threatens F...
Column
Numbers Game
Deroy Murdock
, pp. 58-60
North Carolina Educrats May Shut Down the Successful Healthy Start Charter School Becau...
Reasonable Doubts
Neither Nationalist nor Socialist
Walter Olson
, pp. 61-62
How the Swiss Kept Their Freedom in World War II
Books
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Cultivating Culture
(Review)
Nick Gillespie
, pp. 63-65
In Praise of Commercial Culture, by Tyler Cowen
In Praise of Commercial Culture
by Tyler Cowen
[+]
Revolutionary History
(2 Reviews)
John J. Pitney, Jr
, pp. 66-68
The Freshmen, by Linda Killian
The Freshmen
by Linda Killian
Lessons Learned the Hard Way
by Newt Gingrich
[+]
Nowhere to Hide
(Review)
Christine Peterson
, pp. 69-71
The Transparent Society, by David Brin
The Transparent Society
by David Brin
[+]
Aging Bulls
(Review)
Charles Oliver
, pp. 72-73
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, by Peter Biskind
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
by Peter Biskind
Selected Skirmishes
Let's Regulate Cable Now!
Thomas W. Hazlett
, pp. 74-76
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Ellen Prochnik
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