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March 1, 2005 How—And How Not—To Fight Terrorism Michael Scheuer
January 27, 2005 The Death Penalty on Trial Bill Kurtis, Franklin E. Zimring
October 28, 2004 The Empire Has No Clothes U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed Ivan Eland
September 29, 2004 Against Leviathan Government Power and a Free Society Robert Higgs
September 24, 2004 Gag Rule On the Suppression of Dissent and Stifling of Democracy Lewis H. Lapham
June 17, 2004 The Future of Iraq: Democracy or Quagmire? George Bisharat, Ivan Eland, James H. Noyes, Christopher Scheer
June 8, 2004 Terrorism and Iraq What is the Nature of the Relationship?: A Debate Don Smith, Stephen Hayes, Walter Russell Mead, Ivan Eland
May 14, 2004 Why Liberty Is Failing in Latin America Alvaro Vargas Llosa
May 6, 2004 Drug War Crimes Jeffrey A. Miron, Joseph D. McNamara, Ethan A. Nadelmann
April 21, 2004 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Global Marketplace Robert W. Galvin, Peter A. Thiel, Daniel J. Edelman
March 9, 2004 The Promised Land of the Free Richard A. Epstein, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
February 4, 2004 The Voluntary City Restoring Urban Life in Crisis Times Peter Gordon, Fred E. Foldvary, Daniel B. Klein
January 30, 2004 Confessions of a Media Maverick Exposing Hucksters, Cheats and Scam Artists John Stossel
November 13, 2003 PATRIOT Acts: I & II The New Assault on Liberty? Ivan Eland, David Cole, Margaret Russell, James Bovard
October 2, 2003 The Truth About Medical Marijuana Ed Rosenthal, Donald I. Abrams, Edwin Dobb, Robert J. MacCoun
June 25, 2003 Preemptive War Strategy A New U.S. Empire? Joel S. Beinin, Edward A. Olsen, Ivan Eland
May 27, 2003 Globalization and Cultural Diversity Friends or Foes? Tyler Cowen
February 20, 2003 Solving America’s Public School Crisis Peter Brimelow, John D. Merrifield
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