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Reason January 2004 Jacob Sullum	Seed Case First the Drug Enforcement Administration tried to ban hemp foods by claiming they've been illegal for three decades; it's just that no one noticed until recently. In June the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit rejected that gambit, forcing the DEA to issue new regulations.
Reason January 2004 Julian Sanchez	Rose-Colored Calculators Advocates of Medicare and Social Security reform have long complained that fuzzy accounting makes the programs appear to be more fiscally sound than they are. CBO projects that by 2075, the two programs together will consume 16 percent of GDP, more than double the current level.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Richard S. Dunham	Dean Starts Testing The Tightrope Can he bash business and tax cuts -- and still woo the Investor Class?
InternetNews January 5, 2004 Janis Mara	California Debuts New Online Privacy Laws New California laws mandate privacy policies and information sharing disclosure.
Reason January 2004 Matt Welch	If You Build It, They Will Leave Sports teams fleece the taxpayer, again, by threatening to leave even after taxpayers pay for new stadiums to placate team owners.
Reason January 2004 Brendan O'Neill	Uncritical Masses Was the public too stupid to oppose the war in Iraq? That is what Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber suggest in Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq.
Managed Care December 2003 John A. Marcille	Will a Gift From Congress Rebuild Public Confidence? Medicare reform is another way of digging out from under the PR muck. Make it work, make it better than it was before and even the industry's harshest critics will have to admit that managed care does good while it does well. Failure is not an option.
Managed Care December 2003 John Carroll	Aloha State Never Expected Such a Long Goodbye to Uninsured Three decades after Hawaii was supposed to have put a controversial end to a chronic problem by making employers cover more people, guess what persists?
CFO January 1, 2004 Tim Reason	Stingers: The 2004 State Tax Survey Tough times can make for tense relations between corporate tax executives and state tax authorities. Our survey suggests that even if economic conditions improve, the stage is set for more contentiousness than ever.
CFO January 1, 2004 Julia Homer	Juicy Targets States are hurting for money, and corporations may offer the path of least resistance for a boost in tax collection.
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