Social Issues

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

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Outside November 2007 Dianna Delling	Red Goes Green In his new book A Contract with the Earth, Newt Gingrich aims to steal environmentalism back from the Democrats.
InternetNews November 6, 2007	Yahoo Chief on Hot Seat Over China Dissident Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Jerry Yang takes a verbal barrage from U.S. House over how a Chinese dissident it helped identify.
The Motley Fool November 6, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Piracy 101: A Lesson in Suboptimal Lawsuits The University of Oregon and Oregon's state attorney general are pushing back on the Recording Industry of America's attempt to pursue 17 University of Oregon students for file-sharing, claiming an "undue burden" has been put on it.
AskMen.com Mr. Mafioso	Mr. Mafioso's History Of The Mafia Guys who practice the mafia trade today are only the latest of a long tradition, and they offer the same primary service that the first guys did back in the middle ages: Protection from the real criminals -- the government.
Delicious Living November 2007	Break the Throwaway Habit Really want to help the environment while food shopping? Don't decide between paper and plastic; decide to bring your own reusable bags to the store with you.
Reason November 2007 Jacob Sullum	Spliff Split Candidates on marijuana: The U.S. House of Representatives once again rejected a measure aimed at stopping the DEA's interference with the therapeutic use of cannabis in the 12 states where it's legal.
Reason November 2007 Jonathan Blanks	Post-Soviet Sex Mating for the motherland: Kremlin-sponsored sex isn't the only activity occupying the Russian youth movement Nashi's time.
Reason November 2007 Brian Doherty	Let 'em Roam Despite popular prejudices to the contrary, a new paper reports that immigrants in the U.S. are far less likely to end up locked in a public institution than the native-born, with an incarceration rate one-fifth as high.
Reason November 2007 Juliet Samuel	Speed for Sale Highway robbery in France: At least one French market has taken off -- the trade in speeding penalties.
Reason November 2007 Jacob Sullum	Does 21 Save Lives? A recent paper casts doubt on the widely accepted claim that setting the de facto national drinking age at 21 saves lives.
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