Social Issues

Magazine articles on social issues such as crime, the environment, abortion, wealth distribution, drugs, etc.

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Reason November 2003 Cathy Young	Roy Moore's Monument Religion has a place in the American public square -- but not an exclusive one.
Reason November 2003 Nick Gillespie	Tinselectomy How much bad behavior does Hollywood cause?
Reason November 2003	Show Us Your Money The USA PATRIOT Act lets the feds spy on your finances. But does it help catch terrorists?
ifeminists November 11, 2003 Carey Roberts	Caped Crusaders Launch Direct Action Campaign For years, people have been predicting that the father's movement was about to explode. That explosion finally took place on December 17, 2002. On that day, Fathers 4 Justice launched its campaign of non-violent direct action.
ifeminists November 11, 2003 Glenn Sacks	In Defense of Spiderman The mayor of London compares him to Osama bin Laden. He's been dubbed a "menace" holding a city for "ransom," as well as a lunatic and an extremist. What has 36 year-old David Chick done to arouse such anger? He loves his little daughter, from whom he's been forcibly separated.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Catherine Arnst	Getting Rational About Health-Care Rationing The right-to-die debate sidesteps the real issue: A need to reapportion care
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Stanley Reed	The New Deal Gets Britain Off The Dole Since taking power in 1997, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government has launched a flurry of programs under the New Deal banner aimed at putting the unemployed to work. Britain's welfare-busters are on a winning streak.
Outside November 2003 Stuart Stevens	Drug Test Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist out to try them and report back.
ifeminists November 4, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Pro-Lifers Link Euthanasia to Abortion The debate over whether to keep a brain-damaged/brain-dead person alive when that person has not left clear instructions is necessary, but a thread running throughout is counterproductive: Namely, the linking of euthanasia to abortion by prominent voices in the pro-life movement.
ifeminists November 4, 2003 Todd Andrew Barnett	Pamela Anderson and PETA's Animal Rights Insanity When it comes to the loopy, obsessive "animal rights" agenda advanced by Hollywood celebrities and "animal rights" activists, it's obvious that all and any modicums of rationality and sanity pertaining to the issue just, in a word, fly the coop.
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