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Reason October 2004 Cathy Young	Beyond Belief The idea that U.S. politicians should keep their religious faith private may seem outrageously intolerant. But is it not equally outrageous that a secularist figure cannot express his views honestly without committing career suicide?
Reason October 2004 Nick Gillespie	Rant: Orange You Glad He Didn't Say Red? Given that Bush is president due to the anti-government rhetoric that the GOP has mastered during the last 25 years, it's more than a little ironic that skepticism toward him may make it harder for him to prosecute effectively the war on terror.
Reason October 2004 John Berlau	John Kerry's Dark Record on Civil Liberties The Democratic candidate is no friend to the Bill of Rights.
Reason October 2004 Lisa Snell	No Way Out The No Child Left Behind Act provides only the illusion of school choice.
Reason October 2004 Hanson & Walcoff	Age of Propaganda The U.S. government attacks teenage drinking with junk science: Research designed to promote the current drinking age gets federal funding, a stamp of approval, and widespread dissemination, regardless of its scientific merit.
Reason October 2004 Michael Erard	Open Secrets How the U.S. government lost the drug war in cyberspace.
Reason October 2004 Jesse Walker	David Simon Says The creator of HBO's The Wire talks about the decline of American journalism, the failure of the drug war, and a new kind of TV.
Reason October 2004 Tim Cavanaugh	Love for Sale The ease with which Berkeley's legal prostitution initiative came to a vote shows how progressive and feminist opposition to the sex trade may be evolving.
Reason October 2004 Jacob Sullum	Teletubbies Overweight American children may watch food ads, but that is not what is making them fat. Watching too much TV and not exercising is the problem.
Reason October 2004 Lisa Snell	School Net Scams Large corporations have gained millions from the E-rate feeding trough. With the federal government auditing less than 1 percent of E-rate recipients, these cases may be just the tip of the iceberg in a program that has spent $13 billion to date.
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