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Liberty Magazine January 2000.Pdf Mime Type Sex Behind January 2000 $4.00 Bars "Where Liberty dwells, there is my country"-Benjamin Franklin (((jive Me II Lib'ertXJI or (jive Me 'Death. )) -Patric/(j{enryJ 1776 Old Pat really was an extremist ... especially when it came to Christmas presents! The odds are good that your friends are less fussy about the gifts they receive ... And chances are excellent thatthey would genuinely appreciate a gift ofLiberty! 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That wasn't always the case, recalls David Kopel. 29 Sex Behind Bars Sex between guards and female prisoners was consensual, but you'd never know it from the way Amnesty International and Fox News told the story. Dyanne Petersen reports from inside. 31 A Woman's Right, a Man's Duty In a single week in 1973, David Roberts explains, the Supreme Court gave women the right to have a child without permission of the father - and the right to force the father to pay for the child. 33 Reaching for the Stars Skyscrapers are more than just tall buildings, Eric Miller argues. 35 The Strangulation of Kenya While bloated bureaucrat~in Brussels, Washington, and Nairobi enjoy haute cuisine in fme restaurants, the people of Kenya starve, laments Andre'w Muriithi. 37 Why I Left the Left Tom Garrison explains why he abandoned socialism. 41 What Libertarians Can Learn From History Those who don't learn from history are doomed to get less than one percent of the vote. James Bennett reports on a minor party that changed history. 45 Queen of the Soapbox Wendy McElroy recalls a life of anarchism, agitation, and intellectual growth. Reviews 51 Reagan in Fact and Fiction Gene Healy finds a lot of value in the much despised world of Edmund Morris's Reagan biography. 54 Justice vs. Cosmic Justice Alan Bock examines Thomas Sowell's latest look at the world of the Morally Anointed. 56 The Two Faces of Orwell George Orwell didn't just come out and explain his political views; you have to search, says Martin Tyrrell. 58 Beneath the Surface Submariner Clinton Owen looks into the depths of the Silent Service. 60 Booknotes The Turks clarified, a sniper explained and Heinlein interviewed. 62 Terra Incognita What this world is coming to. How to [::::::=:=::::::========================Le===:::=tt=======er=======s========================:::J Repeal, Don't Legalize others have explored before: moderat­ Subscribe R.W. 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All while freedom should always serve as a the status quo with more we need do is the same thing we did beacon for further change, a roadmap of than one grain of salt! with alcohol prohibition - repeal it. the incremental steps towards it is a This should be, to put it simply, just necessity in the real political world. Following this approach, the party Every issue of Liberty brings another pro-choice issue. Why should could endorse a flat tax or a sales tax you news you can't miss, we wage war against someone because opinions you won't find they put in their minds andI or bodies rather than the elimination of all anywhere else, and the best ideas and substances we don't approve national taxes. It could suggest a grad­ libertarian writing in the world. of? ual decrease in American policing of the What started as a metaphorical war world rather than an overnight return You won't want to is now a hot one with the Army of all soldiers to our shores. 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