************************************************** * RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST * * Volume V, Issue #1,106 * Monday, March 12th, 2007 * Email Circulation 2,034 * * Published every non-holiday weekday * by the staff of Rational Review * * On the Web: http://www.rationalreview.com/news * In cooperation with ISIL: http://www.isil.org **************************************************
Dear readers, It's "web-only Monday" at RRND -- catch the day's news and commentary, including pieces from Robert A. Levy, Sumit Dahiya, Steve Trinward, Sean Haugh, Ronald Bailey, Jose Marie J. Yulo, Justin Raimondo, Lady Liberty, Matthew R. Edgar, Murray N. Rothbard, John Lott, Sheldon Richman, Chris Claypoole, Claire Wolfe and others, at: http://www.rationalreview.com/news Notes: - Are you getting tired of reading my plugs for ISIL's 26th World Freedom Summit yet? No? Good. The conference's theme is "Refounding of America" and it's sure to be a memorable event. August 11-15 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Be there: http://www.isil.org/conference/ - I spent the weekend in Chicago -- among other things, hanging out with ISIL president Vince Miller. It was less a formal "meeting" than a series of brainstorming sessions interspersed with tourist rubbernecking, doing lunch with a couple of the movement's leading lights (Joe and Diane Bast of the Heartland Institute -- www.heartland.org), and so forth. We came up with some exciting ideas for future ISIL projects, and you can expect to see some of those ideas move from theory to practice shortly. On the touristy side, Murphy's Law was in full operation. After spending two hours sitting on the El ("hey, it'll be quicker than driving downtown" -- I guess I should have heeded libertarian theory on the efficacy of public transit instead of going with the conventional wisdom), we only had time to visit one, rather than two, museums. My family hit the Field Museum while Vince and I toured Heartland's headquarters (they're expanding!); we re-connected just as the museum closed, although I did get a glimpse of Sue the T-Rex through the main entrance. We had a fabulous dinner down in the Loop area (the place is called Ada's -- they've apparently stopped offering gefilte fish, but my pastrami on rye was marvelous, and they had Stella Artois on draft; the hoppel poppel and challah grilled cheese sandwich got good reviews from my kids, and a family friend who was traveling with us raved over the chopped liver). Lots of walking around the general area of Wells and Lake ... but no, I didn't find an exit. Fortunately, the agents turned out to be uniformed cops zooming around on Segways, which just seems, um, wrong. On Sunday, prior to driving back, I decided to wade into Lake Michigan and add it to my "bodies of water I have nearly drowned in" list (previously consisting of the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Persian Gulf, Lake Isabella and some other less noted lakes, ponds, rivers and streams). I managed, it, sort of -- at least I think that was the lake around my feet after the snow and ice broke under me and dropped me in knee-deep. Call me a Polar Cub Clubber ... I just wasn't up for the full immersion. After that, it was off to Waldheim Cemetery to visit the graves of Emma Goldman and the Haymarket martyrs ... but, alas, the cemetery was closed and its gates locked by the time we pulled up. Next time. Speaking of next time, we'll be back tomorrow with the regular email edition. Yours in liberty, Tom Knapp Publisher Rational Review ************************************************** * SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS * * CATO UNBOUND * Radicals for Capitalism author Brian Doherty on the * miracle of libertarian relevance, and the best * libertarian strategy for the future. 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