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Produced in cooperation with the International Society for Individual Liberty http://www.isil.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume III, Issue #786 Friday, December 9th, 2005 Email Circulation 2,070 Dear readers, Surprise! It's a "web-only Friday" for several reasons which I'll get to in a moment. Today's news and 35 commentaries (including pieces from Radley Balko, Aaron Biterman, John Hood, Justin Raimondo, Tim Cavanaugh, Ron Paul, Helen Szamuely, Tibor R. Machan, SARTRE, Per Bylund, Chris Adamo, Fred Reed, me and many others) are now available at: http://www.rationalreview.com/news Why is it a "web-only" day? Because that seems to work best when I'm trying to get your undivided attention. I'd like to cover three things as briefly as possible ... and actually have them read. 1) New feature -- here and coming Immediately below my message in today's email, you'll find a blocked-out area designated "Editors' Gift Picks." Today, those picks are from yours truly. Over the next week or so, you'll be hearing from RRND/FND's other editors with recommendations for your Christmas (or other holiday) shopping, in similar blocks which will appear between the "news" and "commentary" sections of your daily email. Two sides to that coin, of course -- heads, we want to help our readers find neat pro-freedom stuff as gifts for their friends and loved ones; tails, some of the links generate affiliate commissions for our editors. This is a temporary feature -- but it presages a new one. When we kick off our fourth year of publishing RRND, we're going to start including links to the books, DVDs, etc. which are mentioned in RRND/FND in a "MediaShelf" block in the same place each day. Those links appear "inline" in the web edition, of course, but we want to make it easier (see reasons above) for our email readers to order things they find interesting. 2) Fundraiser update We have now raised $808 toward our goal of $3,000 for this quarter ($60 from two contributors yesterday -- thanks, R and L!). Making our overall goal is beginning to look a bit iffy -- but we can still set interim goals and push on. This weekend, I'd like to see that total go from $808 to more than $1,000. If you've been thinking about returning some "value for value" on your daily news and commentary roundup, now's the time. Keep this in mind: If every one of RRND/FND's email subscribers kicked in _one dollar_, we'd more than double our total goal (although the PayPal fees would eat into it in a big way at that particular amount -- but we're talking gross, not net, here!). Can we count on 7,500+ readers to cough up at total of $192 this weekend and $2,192 over the next three weeks? I'd like to think so. For more information on how to support our continued publication, point your browser at: http://www.rationalreview.com/content/4245 3) New advertising rates If you sell a product or service, or want to promote a project, we deliver an attentive libertarian audience at a bargain basement price. Our new permanent advertising rates are dirt cheap -- and your ad reaches our 7,500+ email readers plus every visitor to every page on Rational Review's site. Lowball estimate: Your one-week ad will be seen more than 40,000 times. To get your message in front of our audience, visit any page at www.rationalreview.com and click on the "advertise here" link in the right sidebar (yes, right below the ads). Have a great weekend, and we'll be back Monday ... if not before. Yours in liberty, Tom Knapp Publisher Rational Review ----- EDITORS' GIFT PICKS -------------------------------------------- Tom Knapp's recommendations: THE BLACK ARROW, by Vin Suprynowicz Hands-down the novel of the year -- and Liberty Book Shop is offering a great deal. Buy the leather-bound edition, or two of the paperback editions, as a gift and get a plain-cover "review copy" for yourself! While you're there, treat yourself to more of Vin's work and a complete collection of Bill Brannon's superb novels and other good stuff. http://www.libertybookshop.us/mall/Holidays-Special.htm TOM PAINE MARU, by L. Neil Smith Smith's hard-to-find classic novel, now available in its original, uncut form as an Internet download. I've been unable to find a "splash page" for TPM, so I'm sending you to The Libertarian Enterprise -- the cover art and purchase link are located on the front page of the site. http://www.ncc-1776.org/ THE PROBABILITY BROACH, graphic novel by L. 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