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December 1998 Issue - 47 ArticlesEditorials
- The Two Faces of Bill Clinton
Virginia Postrel
, pp. 4-5 - Bombs
Nick Gillespie
, pp. 6-7 - Letters, pp. 8-11
Citings
- Baby Food Fight
Jason Brooks
, p. 12 - Instant Gratification
Ryan H. Sager
, p. 12 - Balance Sheet
Rick Henderson
, p. 12 - Political Prurience
Michael W. Lynch
, p. 12 - Cyberspace March
Rick Henderson
, p. 13 - Transit Troubles
Samuel Staley
, p. 14 - Power Addicts
Michael W. Lynch
, p. 14 - His Cartesian Way
Charles Paul Freund
, p. 15 - Trapping Copycats
Mariel Garza
, p. 15 - Eggheads
Michael W. Lynch
, p. 16 - Paranoid Report
Michael W. Lynch
, p. 17 - Numbers on America's Newcomers
Michael W. Lynch
, p. 17 - Numbers Game
Michael W. Lynch
, pp. 18-19 Capital Letters
- Theaters of Operation
Michael W. Lynch
, pp. 20-25 In which our man in Washington Encounters show Business, Beltway-Style, Rides Uncomfort...
- Voices of Reason, pp. 26-37
Thirty Years of Interviews
When Property Is Theft
- Why Russia's Market Reform Failed--and What to do About it.
Edwin G. Dolan
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3 Reviews The End of the Nation-State, by Jean-Marie Gue... (3 Reviews) Walter Truett Anderson
, p. 46 - The End of the Nation-State by Jean-Marie Guehenno
- The Turning Point by Fritjof Capra
- Merged Evolution by Susantha Goonatilake
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2 Reviews The Population Bomb, by Paul R. Ehrlich (2 Reviews) Ronald Bailey
, p. 47 - The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich
- The Coming Boom by Herman Kahn
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3 Reviews The Limits to Growth, by Donella H. Meadows, D... (3 Reviews) Gregory Benford
, p. 48 - The Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, and Jorgen Randers, ...
- The World, the Flesh and the Devil by J.D. Bernal
- Imagined Worlds by Freeman Dyson
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2 Reviews The Prospect of Immortality, by Robert C.W. Et... (2 Reviews) K. Eric Drexler
, p. 49 - The Prospect of Immortality by Robert C.W. Ettinger
- Entropy by Jeremy Rifkin and Ted Howard
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3 Reviews Four Arguments for the Elimination of Televisi... (3 Reviews) Charles Paul Freund
, p. 49 - Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television by Jerry Mander
- Carnival Culture by James B. Twitchell
- Life on the Screen by Sherry Turkle
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2 Reviews The Population Bomb, by Paul R. Ehrlich (2 Reviews) Michael Fumento
, p. 50 - The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich
- Twenty-First-Century Miracle Medicine by Alexandra Wyke
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2 Reviews The Technological Society, by Jacques Ellul (2 Reviews) Steven Hayward
, p. 51 - The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul
- The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama
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2 Reviews The Other America, by Michael Harrington (2 Reviews) Charles Murray
, p. 51 - The Other America by Michael Harrington
- Consilience by Edward O. Wilson
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3 Reviews Economics, by Paul A. Samuelson (3 Reviews) John V.C. Nye
, p. 52 - Economics by Paul A. Samuelson
- The Rise of the Western World by Douglass C. North and Robert Paul Thomas
- Mercantilism by Eli F. Heckscher
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Review The New Industrial State, by John Kenneth Galb... (Review) Walter Olson
, p. 53 - The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith
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3 Reviews The Death and Life of Great American Cities, b... (3 Reviews) Randal O'Toole
, p. 53 - The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
- Road to Ruin by A.Q. Mowbray
- Edge City by Joel Garreau
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2 Reviews The Emerging Republican Majority, by Kevin P. ... (2 Reviews) John J. Pitney, Jr.
, p. 54 - The Emerging Republican Majority by Kevin P. Phillips
- The Greening of America by Charles A. Reich
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2 Reviews The Age of Discontinuity, by Peter F. Drucker (2 Reviews) Robert W. Poole, Jr
, p. 54 - The Age of Discontinuity by Peter F. Drucker
- The Commanding Heights by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw
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2 Reviews The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, by ... (2 Reviews) Virginia Postrel
, p. 55 - The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism by Daniel Bell
- The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
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2 Reviews Technologies of Freedom, by Ithiel de Sola Pool (2 Reviews) Adam Clayton Powell III#2
, p. 56 - Technologies of Freedom by Ithiel de Sola Pool
- Winchell by Neal Gabler
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Review Love in the Ruins, by Walker Percy (Review) John Shelton Reed
, p. 56 - Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy
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2 Reviews The Death and Life of Great American Cities, b... (2 Reviews) Lynn Scarlett
, p. 57 - The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
- Order Without Law by Robert C. Ellickson
Special Book Section
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California Dreaming (2 Reviews) Nick Gillespie
, pp. 58-61 Paradise Lost, by Peter Schrag
- Paradise Lost by Peter Schrag
- From West to East by Stephen Schwartz
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What's Left? (3 Reviews) Alan Charles Kors
, pp. 62-65 Liberalism and Its Discontents, by Alan Brinkley
- Liberalism and Its Discontents by Alan Brinkley
- The Dark Side of the Left by Richard J. Ellis
- Achieving Our Country by Richard Rorty
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Rebirth of Cool Cal (3 Reviews) John J. Miller
, pp. 66-69 Coolidge: An American Enigma, by Robert Sobel
- Coolidge: An American Enigma by Robert Sobel
- The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge by Robert H. Ferrell
- Star-Spangled Men by Nathan Miller
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Secrets of Success (2 Reviews) Joel Mokyr
, pp. 70-75 Conquests and Cultures, by Thomas Sowell
- Conquests and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
- Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Columns
- Piling on the Prez
Loren Lomasky
, pp. 76-78 Let Clinton be Clinton!
- How FEMA Fought the Future
Jodie T. Allen
, pp. 79-80 Confessions of an Emergency 'Planner'
- Test Anxiety
Michael Fumento
, pp. 81-83 Why are Environmentalists Afraid of Pesticide Research?
- Gaseous Menace
Kenneth Silber
, pp. 84-85 The Overblown Regulatory Anxiety Over Radon
Reasonable Doubts
- Dial 'O' for Outrage
Walter Olson
, pp. 86-89 Tales from The Excuse Factory's Cutting-Room Floor
Selected Skirmishes
- Hope Springs Paternal
Thomas W. Hazlett
, pp. 90-92 What Medical Reporters Think Inquiring Minds Don't Need to Know
- Cover illustration
Andrea Baruffi