"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."

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Editor's Notes
by John Taylor
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          "To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be governed is to be at every operation, at every transaction, noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished." -- Pierre Proudhon

          "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own!" -- The Prisoner

Table of Contents

1. The Smoking Goons
                  by L. Neil Smith

2. No Serial Killings This Week in Santa Clara
                  by Vin Suprynowicz

3. How the Republicans Implemented the Democrats' National ID Plan: An Historical Account
                  by Scott McDonald

4. Contradictions and Conundrums in Gun Prohibition
                  by Patrick L. Lilly

5. End Education Charade of College Basketball
                  by Casey J. Lartigue Jr.

6. Letters to the Editor
                  by Our Readers

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