November 1996

Civil Liberties

Box of Dreams

How a too-good-to-be-true tool fooled drug warriors.

Brian Doherty

Civil Rights

After Affirmative Action

Life under an executive order suggests the future of afirmative action in a post-CCRI California.

Michael Lynch

Government Spending

Clinton Confidential

The best-kept secret of the Clinton years is economic.

Richard McKenzie

Campaigns/Elections

The Best of Slime, The Worst of Slime

Winners and losers at the national conventions

Thomas W. Hazlett

Contemplating Evil: An Interview with Dean Koontz

Novelist Dean Koontz on Freud, fraud, and the Great Society

Nick Gillespie and Lisa Snell

Biotechnology

Evolving Door

Gregory Benford

France

What's the Big Idea?

Chandran Kukathas

Television

The Adventures of "But-Man"

John Pitney

Public Health

Weed Whackers

Bill Clinton bashes fags, while Bob Dole takes pot shots.

Jacob Sullum

Canada

The Other Drug War

The struggle over the FDA is our latest culture war.

Virginia Postrel

Economics

Selected Skirmishes: Morris the Cad

The personal becomes the political.

Thomas W. Hazlett

History

Politics: Hail to the Crook?

Clinton, Harding, and the politics of reputation

Gary Fine

Environmentalism

Property Rights: A Desire Named Streetcar

Portland's light-rail system carries a heavy load.

Christopher Serres

Movies

Independents' Day

New technology helps filmmakers go beyond Hollywood.

Jesse Walker

Brickbats

Charles Oliver

Abortion

Pregnant Laws

Exposing fetuses to drugs is child neglect in South Carolina.

Brian Doherty

Civil Rights

Measure by Measure

Tracking ballot initiatives.

Ed Carson

Natural Resources

One Hand for Federalism

A federal judge strikes down Superfund.

Ed Carson

Confronting a Crisis

Clipping Clinton's encryption policies

Elizabeth Koch

Drug Policy

Drugged Up?

Survey shows little change in drug use.

Nick Gillespie

Balance Sheet

Rick Henderson

Ron Paul

Letters

Reason Staff