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Innocent until reported guilty

From The Mises Review, a review of Conservatism in America: Making Sense of the American Right by Paul Edward Gottfried; a review of Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement by Brian Doherty; and a review of Anarchism/Minarchism: Is a Government Part of a Free Country? From Reason, an article on the afterlife of American clothes: Haitian entrepreneurs find value in our castoffs; and in defense of judicial activism: D.C. v. Heller and the failures of conservative judicial restraint. From Prospect, an interview with David Miliband, Britain's foreign secretary; and articles on Britain's armed forces; and Israel's new leader Tzipi Livni. From Ovi, an article on humanism and stoicism in Epictetus and Tom Wolfe. From NYRB, a review of of books on Buckminster Fuller. Ladies' Man: An article on Joe Biden, the backslapping, bloviating hero of women's rights. Free traitors: Christopher Hayes on how mainstream economists reconsider globalization. Domenick Ammirati reviews The Pisstown Chaos by David Ohle. Innocent until reported guilty: The simple prescription for reducing wrongful convictions — better journalism about crime and punishment.  Here's Plenty's highly unscientific guide to green voters, including cappuccino conservationists and corn-fed capitalists. What happens to Olympic venues after the Olympics?