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October 23, 2002 Secrecy, Freedom and Empire Lessons for Today from Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers E. Daniel Ellsberg, Barton J. Bernstein, Edwin B. Firmage, David R. Henderson, J. Victor Marshall
September 24, 2002 The U.S. War on Terrorism Myths and Realities Lewis H. Lapham, Alan W. Bock, J. Victor Marshall, Seth Rosenfeld, Paul H. Weaver
June 6, 2002 Big Brother Is Watching James Bamford
May 7, 2002 The Real Abraham Lincoln A Debate Harry V. Jaffa, Thomas J. DiLorenzo
May 3, 2002 Entrepreneurial Economics for Fun, Profit and a Better, Freer World Alexander T. Tabarrok
May 2, 2002 Liberty for Women Wendy McElroy
April 18, 2002 Understanding America’s Terrorist Crisis What Should Be Done? Gore Vidal, Lewis H. Lapham, Barton J. Bernstein, Robert Higgs, Thomas Gale Moore
February 13, 2002 Conning Americans How Politicians Create Dependence on Government Charlotte Twight
December 4, 2001 Why Freedom Matters More Than Ever David R. Henderson
October 3, 2001 Smarter Urban Growth Markets or Bureaucracy? Daniel B. Klein, Randal O’Toole
September 5, 2001 The Drug War on Trial: Two Judges Speak Out James P. Gray, Vaughn Walker
August 14, 2001 Truth and Propaganda in Politically Correct America Larry Elder
July 5, 2001 Why Are the Public Schools Failing and What Can Be Done? Richard K. Vedder, John D. Merrifield
May 16, 2001 Friedrich Hayek and the Future of Liberty Alan O. Ebenstein, Charles W. Baird
April 24, 2001 Will Strong Encryption Protect Privacy and Make Government Obsolete? David D. Friedman
March 20, 2001 Losing the Race? Black Progress, Freedom, and Independence John H. McWhorter
February 18, 2001 Common Law, Merchant Law, and Democratic Legislation Alexander T. Tabarrok
February 6, 2001 Can America’s Electoral System Be Fixed? Robert D. Cooter, Randy Simmons, Alexander T. Tabarrok
November 15, 2000 Gun Control: Separating Fact from Myth Gary Kleck, David B. Kopel
October 26, 2000 Public Health vs. The Nanny State? Jacob Sullum, Thomas J. DiLorenzo
October 14, 2000 Economic and Moral Factors in Favor of Open Immigration Alexander T. Tabarrok
September 7, 2000 The American Revolution and the Legacy of Liberty Joyce O. Appleby, Hans Eicholz, Henry E. Mayer
June 21, 2000 The War on Drugs Who is Winning? Who is Losing? Peter Dale Scott, J. Victor Marshall, Alexander Cockburn
May 24, 2000 Pearl Harbor Official Lies in an American War Tragedy? Robert B. Stinnett
April 25, 2000 Affirmative Action Pro and Con William T. Bagley, Ward A. Connerly
March 7, 2000 Pro Team Sports Are Politics and Corruption Winning? Roger G. Noll, Rodney Fort
February 15, 2000 Global Warming Scientific Fact or Fiction? S. Fred Singer
February 2, 2000 Saving the Environment Government, Friend or Foe? Peter W. Huber, Michael L. de Alessi
January 19, 2000 Freedom, Terror, and Falsehoods Lessons from the Twentieth Century G. Robert A. Conquest
December 9, 1999 The Microsoft Monopoly Where to Go from Here? Peter W. Huber