Liberty Vol. 17 No. 8 (August 2003) (Libertarian Magazine)

Port Townsend, WA: Liberty Foundation. A left-stapled libertarian journal measuring 8-3/8" by 10-3/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: A License to Discriminate ("In two recent affirmative action cases, writes Robert A. Levy, a schizophrenic Supreme Court decided that institutions of higher education may discriminate - but only if they disguise it"); TIA Lives! ("'Total Information Awareness' has been rechristened 'Terrorism Information Awareness,' warns Chip Pitts, but it's still the same high-tech invasion of every American's privacy"); A Day in Court ("Ed Rosenthal could have got 60 years in prison for medical marijuana, yet the judge sentenced him to only one day. But if you think the system did him a favor, think again, writes Alan W. Bock"); The Market for Ecology ("Free-market environmentalism is finally being taken seriously, reports Terry Anderson, but much work must yet be done to secure the blessings of liberty for the planet"); The Leisure of the Theory Class ("Thinking is the curse of the thinking class. From decrying Lookism to critically analyzing beauty, theoreticians always find something - or Nothing - to deconstruct, observes Eric Kenning"); The Trouble With [Jeffrey] Friedman ("For more than a decade, Jeffrey Friedman has used his 'scholarly journal,' 'Critical Review,' to attack liberty. J.C. Lester thinks it's time someone else gets the last word"); Dying, the State's Way ("The right to kill oneself and the right to assisted suicide are not the same thing, cautions Jeffrey A. Schaler"). Small mailing label to front cover. . Near Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 2003.