October 1997

The Nail File

The economic meaning of manicures Virginia Postrel
Dealers' Choices

The tobacco companies have renounced the principles that made it possible to defend them. Jacob Sullum
Swap Meat

Friends and critics miss the point on NAFTA. Brian Doherty

Free To Commit

"Covenant marriage" could strengthen families. So why are traditionalists lukewarm? Walter Olson
The Tin Drum Meets the Tin Badge

How a classic 1979 film suddenly turned into child porn Charles Oliver
Bones of Contention

A federal law stands between scientists and America's prehistoric past. John J. Miller
Unlovely Spam

Efforts to deter unsolicited e-mail may cause more problems than they would solve. Michael W. Lynch
Planet Reich

Thanks for the memoirs Thomas W. Hazlett
Readin', Russians, and Romance

So Tolstoy's not Russia's best seller? When was he? Charles Paul Freund

The Peters Principles

The management gury as playground director, provacateur, and passionate defender of open societies. Virginia Postrel
Let's Make a Deal

As the proposed tobacco settlement heads to Congress, the anti-smoking movement is divided over whether it's a good deal after all. A guide to the players, the alliances they've established, and who hopes to get what. Jacob Sullum
Wild Success

Saving endangered wildlife once meant trampled crops and violent death to the villagers of Southern Africa. Now community-based capitalism is turning once-fearsome pests into valuable sources of wealth. Karl Hess Jr.

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