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Box 1181, Port 'T'~ownsend,WA 98368 1 ~---~------------------------------------------~ March 1999 Inside Liberty Volume 13, Number 3 4 letters Pieces of our readers' minds. 7 Reflections Liberty's editors take it easy on Margaret Thatcher, get Albanian passports, join Drunks against Mad Mothers, enjoy their evil SUVs, and wonder why celebrities yearn to be narks. Impeaching the President 13 It's Time To Move On With Our lies Stephen Cox examines the range of artful excuses expelled by the Clinton spin factory. 14 Impeach Michael Jordan Alan Bock celebrates the fact that Americans are more concerned about the National Basketball Association than about Bill Clinton. 15 Clinton's Sticky Wicket Loren Lomasky explains why politicians should be impeached if they break campaign promises, but not ifthey commit felonies. 16 NOW, Hear This! Bill Clinton sends the girls back to the typing pool. 18 An American Comedy R. W. Bradford enjoys the comedy of impeachment. Features 20 Peace on Earth President Clinton gave the defense industry an early present when he bombed Iraq. David Hackworth unwraps it. 21 The Deconstitutionalized Zone Go south of San Antonio, and you enter a place where the rule of law does not apply. You have entered ... The Deconstitutionalized Zone. John S. Robey explores this terrifying place. 24 Fighting Over Ayn Rand's Papers When Ayn Rand's old friends tried to sell the manuscripts Rand had given them, something very strange happened. Eric D. Dixon examines the conflict. 26 The Selling of Ayn Rand's Papers The world of manuscript collecting took notice when Ayn Rand's papers sold for over a million dollars. Did the buyers get bargains or pay too much? R. W. Bradford adds up the numbers. 30 Zimbabwe: The Snake Eats Its Tail Big government is a luxury that a large, wealthy country can afford. But what happens when government grows in a small, poor country? Len Brewster reports from Africa. 33 The Intelligent Man's Guide to Perjury In 16th century England, the Catholic church produced a guide for when and how to lie under oath. David Kopel examines its modern applications. 35 The Y2K "Crisis": Emergency Planning or Planning an Emergency? Governments plan to declare martial law in response to Y2K, Declan McCullagh and Solveig Singleton report. 39 The People Strike Back Anti-drug warriors encounter a new enemy: democracy. Paul Armentano reports. 43 The Rise of the New libertarianism There's no mystery why the libertarianism of Rand and Rothbard is in decline, while that of Mises, Friedman and Hayek gains ground. R. W. Bradford explains. 47 The Match of the Century Mark Skousen gives a first-hand account of the intellectual tennis match between Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson. Reviews 51 Affirmative Reaction Hal Arkes scrutinizes the self-congratulatory defense of affirmative action by two elite university presidents. 57 Artful Obscurity Rugged Jew Richard Kostelanetz defends the "anti­ Semitism" of Ezra Pound and E. E. Cummings. 59 let My Creatures Go Timothy Virkkala goes to the movies and finds an ant that looks like Woody Allen, an angst-ridden Moses, and an insipid God. 61 Notes on Contributors 62 Terra Incognita based on bogus"adverse secondary effects" studies that are trotted before [..::::::::==:=============================Le======tt======e=======r============================] legislators and commissioners who have s little ability to question them knowledge­ The Ides of April sion by government are far more com­ ably. Arguments involving First Amendment rights are generally given In Alan Bock's Reflection ("Miss mon than those revealed in either little attention if they are not dismissed Cegenation, 1792") in the January issue, McElroy's actual review or her recount­ outright, especially when drowned in he suggests"a movement to make ing of the MacKinnon/Dworkin legisla­ pleas to "save the children." There are no Jefferson's birthday, April 13, a national tive attempts in Minneapolis, credible studies which suggest that chil­ Indianapolis, Cambridge and Los holiday." dren are harmed in any way by seeing I have two comments. First, I don't Angeles. sexually-explicit material, but many leg­ agree with the idea of "national holi­ McElroy surely knows that the "revi­ islators claim that their "common sense" sionist history" practiced by Dworkin days." I don't think it should be the busi­ tells them the harm exists, so they need and MacKinnon is their (and their move­ ness of the government to declare them. no recourse to science or psychology.