December 2004

The Reluctant Planner

FCC Chairman Michael Powell on indecency, innovation, consolidation, and competition

Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, and Drew Clark

Revolt of the Porcupines!

The Free State Project wants libertarians to take over New Hampshire. Is this a revolutionary plan or a pipe dream?

Brian Doherty

The First Free State Project

The brief, tumultuous history of Franklin.

Jackson Kuhl

Culture & Reviews

Civil Liberties

Indefensible Internment

There was no good reason for the mass internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.

Eric Muller

Civil Liberties

Love and Memory and Humanity

Magician and novelist Penn Jillette on censorship, sock monkeys, and Bullshit!

Nick Gillespie

Hippie Heaven

The liberating legacy of those "hideous, spotty little teenagers"

Nick Gillespie

Poor, Sexy Berlin

The failure of urban planning.

Dave Copeland

Severed Heads

Arab literary fantasy and terrible reality.

Charles Paul Freund

Editor's Note

Editor's Note: Free expression forever!

Nick Gillespie

Columns

World

Rant: War of Addition

The Pentagon's manpower crunch.

Jeff Taylor

Biased about Bias

The hunt for ideology becomes an ideology.

Matt Welch

Martial Vices

Zell Miller's un-American view of the armed forces.

Cathy Young

Citings

Ad Blockers

Politicians vs. free speech

Jacob Sullum

Liberal Demographic

Clear Channel turns left.

Jesse Walker

Illegal Music

The war on sampling.

Induce Vomiting

Banning peer-to-peer networks.

Hanah Metchis

Queen of Persia

Rock in the lap of the gods.

Charles Paul Freund

Privacy in the Skies

CAPPS II: the sequel.

Brian Doherty

Lost in Transition

The costs of tighter borders.

Easy Target

Anti-gun litigation

Jacob Sullum

Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor

Soundbite

Politicizing the Web

25 Years Ago in Reason

Data: Wage Wars

Letters

Contributors

Contributors

Artifact

Artifact: Dirty Pictures

Charles Paul Freund

Quotes

Quotes and Source