25 years ago in reason.

"The leaders of Kampuchea [the official name of Communist Cambodia] seemed to take revolutionary pride in the fact that everyone in the new Cambodia was at last equally poor."

--Thomas M. Magstadt, "The Great Leap Downward"

"Every facet of cable--who provides it, who gets it, what you see, and what you pay--is the prize in a frantic scramble by big-time political interests in every city hall in America."

--Tom Hazlett, "The Viewer Is the Loser!"

"The federal government has determined that anybody has the ability to pump gas. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is lifting its 11-year ban on nozzle latches, the devices that allow motorists to do whatever they want with their...