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Spring 2010Vol. 5, No. 1

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Articles

Citizens United and the Battle for Free Speech in America
(accessible for free)

Steve Simpson

Analyzes the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC, surveys the relevant history of campaign finance laws in relation to the Court’s decision, and discusses the significance of the ruling for the future of free speech. Read the article.

Government-Run Health Care vs. the Hippocratic Oath

Paul Hsieh

Identifies and concretizes various ways in which government interference in health care precludes doctors from honoring their promise to use their best judgment in treating their patients. (Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

The Virtue of Treating People Like Animals: Why Human Health Care Should Mirror Veterinary Health Care

Sarah Gelberg

Shows that although veterinary and human medicine are extremely similar in terms of quality of care, the freer market for the former makes it substantially more affordable and accessible than the latter. (Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

The Practicality of Private Waterways

J. Brian Phillips and Alan Germani

Shows how the establishment of private waterways, and the protection of property rights therein, would solve myriad pressing problems, from water pollution to depleting fish stocks to disputes about rights-of-way. (Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Norman Borlaug: The Man Who Taught People To Feed Themselves

Audra Hilse

Tells the story of a little-known scientist whose independence, innovations, and passion for his work spawned an agricultural revolution that saved hundreds of millions of people from starvation. (Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Making Life Meaningful: Living Purposefully

Craig Biddle

Identifies and concretizes the principles by means of which one can fill one’s life with meaning and joy. (Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Book Reviews

Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Reviewed by Heike Larson

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Winning the Unwinnable War: America’s Self-Crippled Response to Islamic Totalitarianism, edited by Elan Journo

Reviewed by Grant W. Jones

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Why Are Jews Liberals? by Norman Podhoretz

Reviewed by Gideon Reich

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Capitalism Unbound: The Incontestable Moral Case for Individual Rights,
by Andrew Bernstein

Reviewed by Ari Armstrong

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Essays on Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, edited by Robert Mayhew

Reviewed by Daniel Wahl

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

The Sparrowhawk Series, by Edward Cline

Reviewed by Dina Schein Federman

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, by Christopher McDougall

Reviewed by Daniel Wahl

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body, by Neil Shubin

Reviewed by David H. Mirman

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

Newton and the Counterfeiter: the Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist, by Thomas Levenson

Reviewed by Daniel Wahl

(Accessible online to subscribers beginning March 20.)

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