Print Archives
December 1997
Editor's Notes
The Croly Ghost
Exorcising the specter haunting American politics Virginia Postrel
Complexity Theory
If the IRS is abusive, the tax code is worse. Rick Henderson
Letters
Columns
All Things Dull and Ugly
John J. Pitney, Jr.
For Heaven's Sake
Religious accommodation and other openings for big-government conservatism Walter Olson
Health Nuts
How Congress kept me from giving my employees Medical Savings Accounts John Hood
Kiddie Pawn
Educational TV's hyperlink to smut Thomas W. Hazlett
Identity Crisis
If the government is serious about keeping illegal immigrants from working, a national ID card may be inevitable. Daniel W. Sutherland
Features
Same as the Old Boss?
California's term limits are under a legal cloud in the federal courts. But what, if anything, has Prop. 140 changed in Sacramento? Steven Hayward
Wagers of Sin
The not-so-secret agenda of America's anti-gambling guru Robert Detlefsen
Creating Culture
How to cultivate the arts when the old rules need not apply. Jesse Walker, Charles Paul Freund, Frederick Turner, Nick Gillespie, Brian Doherty and Charles Oliver
Culture & Reviews
Coloring Crime and Justice
Daniel D. Polsby
All Things Dull and Ugly
John J. Pitney, Jr.
Vexed by the Text
Michael Greve
The Truth Is Out There
Charles Paul Freund