Articles from Reason (February 1, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
'Chiefs, thieves, and priests': science writer Matt Ridley on the causes of poverty and prosperity.	Bailey, Ronald	Interview	3627
30 years ago in reason.		Brief article	135
A newer deal? Recession to depression.	Gillespie, Nick		318
Alien world: how treacherous border crossing became a theme park.	Zaitchik, Alexander		2243
An Amtrak train running from Los Angeles to San Diego ran out of fuel about 15 miles from the station.	Oliver, Charles	Brief article	53
An auction for 56 foreclosed properties in Utah fell through when the owners rejected the bids.	Oliver, Charles	Brief article	47
Bongs away! How the crusade against drug paraphernalia punishes controversial speech.	Sullum, Jacob		6464
Bureaucracies at war.	Balko, Radley	Television program review	174
Bush's midnight regulations: the 43rd president may set yet another dubious record.	de Rugy, Veronique	Column	1145
Checkpoint Diego: don't go near the border.	Balko, Radley	Brief article	253
Czar wars: intellectual property watchdog.	Weigel, David	Brief article	175
Daylight spending: spring forward, fall back.	Mangu-Ward, Katherine	Brief article	210
Deanna Gonzales says she was in the shower when she heard shots fired.	Oliver, Charles	Brief article	93
Divided in Nevada.	Ponzetti, Pete	Letter to the editor	175
E.R. crowding: are the uninsured to blame?	Bailey, Ronald		324
Eyes on the U.K.: Britain's surveillance state.	Sullum, Jacob	Brief article	278
Fear of a Unified Government.	Lachel, Darrel; de Rugy, Veronique	Letter to the editor	291
Frontier greens.	Walker, Jesse	Book review	153
How big is small? Federal contracting scam.	Weigel, David	Brief article	197
I want a new drug: pharmaceutical spending.	Bailey, Ronald	Brief article	192
Idiocracy now!	Lieberman, Scott; Weigel, David	Letter to the editor	182
In Chicago vote registration materials were sent to "Princess Nudelman.".	Oliver, Charles	Brief article	35
In search of lost principle: the Republicans could benefit from rereading their two-page masterpiece.	Cavanaugh, Tim		1134
Let my students drink.	Balko, Radley	Interview	614
Police officers in Massachusetts earn up to $40 an hour directing traffic at highway work sites.	Oliver, Charles	Brief article	55
Pot holders rejoice: drug decriminalization.	Sullum, Jacob	Brief article	310
Product displacement: FCC vs. free broadcasting.	Doherty, Brian	Brief article	272
Quotes.			159
Rain delay: $720 million stadium, 10-cent roof.	Balko, Radley		351
Schwarzenegger's failure: if the California governor is the face of "moderate" Republicanism, the party is even more doomed than the 2008 elections suggest.	Welch, Matt		1300
Scion of Frankenstein: Michael Crichton, novelist and policy provocateur.	Bailey, Ronald		827
Shopping for fertility markets: when it comes to reproductive technology, Americans are more tolerant than the French.	Faure, Guillemette		1012
Someone posted a warning about a possible police sobriety checkpoint on a message board devoted to events in Rockland, Massachusetts.	Oliver, Charles	Brief article	83
Speak softly and carry a concealed handgun: would a nicer NRA be more effective?	Sullum, Jacob	Book review	2607
Tampa International Airport police learned from Canadian customs officials that Robert Christianson had some outstanding warrants, so as soon as he stepped off a plane they arrested him.	Oliver, Charles	Brief article	43
The amazing Ditko.	Doherty, Brian	Book review	161
The Bonzo years.	Gillespie, Nick	Book review	163
The Federal Communications Commission is deciding who will get the channels it forced the satellite radio companies Sirius and XM to set aside for minority groups as a condition for approving their merger.	Oliver, Charles	Brief article	76
The immediate future.		Brief article	236
The next catastrophe: think Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a politicized financial disaster? Just wait until pension funds implode.	Entine, Jon	Cover story	3931
The reversals of market wisdom: and vice versa.	Sullum, Jacob	Column	645
The stakes get bigger.	Mangu-Ward, Katherine		400
The successories president: the posterized secret of Obama's success?	Beato, Greg	Column	1250
We, robots.	Mangu-Ward, Katherine	Brief article	209
Where did it all go wrong? A thrilling and dispiriting year for libertarian politics.	Weigel, David	Column	2114
Who's your daddy? Children of sperm donors are seeking more information about their once-anonymous fathers, sometimes at the risk of the fertility industry itself.	Miller, Cheryl		2893
You can put your weed in there: what to do after the last head shop closes.	Sullum, Jacob		364