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December 2000 Issue - 41 ArticlesEditorial
- The AWOL Electorate
Nick Gillespie
, pp. 4-6 What we Can Learn from 'Vanishing Voters'
- Letters, pp. 7-9
Citings
- Viridian Vexation
Sara Rimensnyder
, p. 10 - Pulling the Tap
Michael W. Lynch
, p. 10 - Balance Sheet
Jeff A. Taylor
, p. 10 - Torture Bearers
Brian Doherty
, p. 10 - The Coders' Code
Jeff A. Taylor
, pp. 11-12 - Operation Juan Valdez
Jeff A. Taylor
, p. 13 - Adult Programming
Nick Gillespie
, p. 13 - Disarming Harriet Tubman
Sara Rimensnyder
, p. 13 - Brickbats
Charles Oliver
, p. 14 - Post No Petitions
Brian Doherty
, p. 14 - Video Surveillance
Charles Paul Freund
, p. 15 - Phantom Studies
Jacob Sullum
, p. 15 Capital Letters
- Stump Speeches
Michael W. Lynch
, pp. 16-17 In Which Our Man in Washington Sees Dick Cheney Check Into an Old Folks' Home, Watches ...
- The Hassle Factor
Michael W. Lynch
, pp. 18-27 Welfare Reform Turns Check Recipients Into Job Seekers
- The Pursuit of Happiness
Ronald Bailey
, pp. 28-36 Controversial Philosopher Peter Singer Argues for Animal Rights, Utilitarian Ethics, an...
- Ballot Tampering
Jeffrey A. Singer
, pp. 37-39 How Arizona's Establishment Killed an Anti-Tax Initiative
- Movers & Shakers
Joel Kotkin
, pp. 40-47 How Immigrants are Reviving Neighborhoods Given up for Dead
Feed His Head: Reason's Presidential Reading List
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Numbers Rackets (3 Reviews) Jodie T. Allen
, p. 48 A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper, by John Allen Paulos
- A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper by John Allen Paulos
- How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff
- Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Stocks and Stones (2 Reviews) Joey Anuff
, p. 49 Where Are the Customers' Yachts?, by Fred Schwed, Jr.
- Where Are the Customers' Yachts? by Fred Schwed, Jr.
- Crazy from the Heat by David Lee Roth
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Really Long-Term Health Care (3 Reviews) Ronald Bailey
, p. 50 From Alchemy to IPO, by Cynthia Robbins-Roth
- From Alchemy to IPO by Cynthia Robbins-Roth
- The Foundation of Bioethics by H. Tristram Engelhardt
- Immortality by Ben Bova
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Humanitarian Non-Intervention (3 Reviews) Ted Galen Carpenter
, p. 50 Bosnia: Faking Democracy After Dayton, by David Chandler
- Bosnia: Faking Democracy After Dayton by David Chandler
- Tripwire by Doug Bandow
- Dragon Strike by Humphrey Hawksley and Simon Holberton
- Alt.cult Cults
Tim Cavanaugh
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Scandalogy (2 Reviews) Charles Paul Freund
, p. 52 The Politics of Scandal, by Andrei S. Markovits and Mark Silverstein
- The Politics of Scandal by Andrei S. Markovits and Mark Silverstein
- Treason in the White House by Torin K. Andrews and Judith A. Hruz
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Techno-Upheaval (Review) Joel Garreau
, p. 52 Holy Fire, by Bruce Sterling
- Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling
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Second Amendment Ammo (2 Reviews) David B. Kopel
, p. 52 More Guns, Less Crime, by John R. Lott, Jr.
- More Guns, Less Crime by John R. Lott, Jr.
- The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
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Global Views (3 Reviews) Brink Lindsey
, p. 53 Looking Backward, 2000-1887, by Edward Bellamy
- Looking Backward, 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy
- The Road from Serfdom by Robert Skidelsky
- The Choice: A Fable of Free Trade and Protectionism by Russell D. Roberts
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Legal Help (3 Reviews) Walter Olson
, p. 53 Liability, by Peter W. Huber
- Liability by Peter W. Huber
- Making Monsters by Richard Ofshe and Ethan Watters
- The Marquise of O--, and Other Stories by Heinrich von Kleist
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Leading Edge (Review) John J. Pitney, Jr
, p. 54 The Mild Voice of Reason, by Joseph M. Bessette
- The Mild Voice of Reason by Joseph M. Bessette
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Old Insights (3 Reviews) Jonathan Rauch
, p. 54 Bleak House, Vol. I, by Charles Dickens
- Bleak House, Vol. I by Charles Dickens
- The Rise and Decline of Nations by Mancur Olson
- Titan by Ron Chernow
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Looking-Glass Education (Review) Diane Ravitch
, p. 55 The Academic Achievement Challenge, by Jeanne S. Chall
- The Academic Achievement Challenge by Jeanne S. Chall
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Attaining Liberty (3 Reviews) Nadine Strossen
, p. 55 The Race to Incarcerate, by Marc Mauer
- The Race to Incarcerate by Marc Mauer
- Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
- Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson
- Bum Rap
Brian Doherty
, pp. 56-57 Lynne Cheney vs. Slim Shady
- Pink Mice and Petri Dishes
Ronald Bailey
, pp. 58-59 Artists comtemplate biotechnology
- Tinkers, Tailors, Sellers, Spies
Jesse Walker
, pp. 60-64 The case for a cautious optimism about the Internet
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How to Kill a City (2 Reviews) Tom Peyser
, pp. 65-67 The Creative Destruction of Manhattan, 1900-1940, by Max Page
- The Creative Destruction of Manhattan, 1900-1940 by Max Page
- The Future Once Happened Here by Fred Siegel
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Scatterbrained Child Rearing (Review) Gwen J. Broude
, pp. 68-70 The Myth of the First Three Years: A New Understanding of Early Brain Development and L...
- The Myth of the First Three Years by John T. Bruer
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Dimness at Noon (Review) Alan Charles Kors
, pp. 71-73 Blue Angel, by Francine Prose
- Blue Angel by Francine Prose
- Artifact: The Innocence of the Seducer, pp. 74-76
Frederic Wertham lives on in Joe Lieberman and Bill Bennett
- Cover illustration
Darren Gygi