Features

Killing Them Softly
Do needle-exchange programs ward off disease—or consign addicts to death on the installment plan?
Joe Loconte

A Nation Still at Risk
Fifteen years after A Nation at Risk galvanized the education reform movement, little has changed.
William Bennett, Willard Fair, Chester E. Finn Jr., Rev. Floyd H. Flake, E. Donald Hirsch Jr, Will Marshall, Diane Ravitch

El Millonario Next Door
The untold story of Hispanic entrepreneurship
Tyce Palmaffy

Liberalism’s Mean Streets
How conservatives can reverse urban decline
Dan Coats, Spencer Abraham

On Self-Government
Families, congregations, and civic associations are America’s "schools of liberty." Progressivism threatens them all
Michael Joyce

Departments

Correspondence
Death with real dignity; standards: the latest fad

Home Front
Grand Rapids, Michigan, erects a large civic tent to strengthen marriage and families
Roger Sider

The Tax Revolt Turns 20
Steven Hayward bids happy 20th birthday to the tax revolt—and hopes for a long and prosperous life
Steven Hayward

State of the States
State of the states: taxpayers reject stadium swindles; Boston-based charter school offers a lifetime warranty; spanking in the heartland, spoiling on the coasts
Steven Hayward