************************************************** * RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST * * Volume V, Issue #1,152 * Thursday, May 17th, 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 a "web-only Thursday at RRND. I needed an extra web-only this week to pass a few things on to you, but I don't like Friday ... that makes for two web-onlies bracketing the weekend. So here we are. What do we have for you today? Well, the day's news of course -- the latest from the US Senate, 10 Downing Street, Canberra, the Korean DMZ, the Gaza strip, Baghdad, Tallinn and points in between. As you might guess, our commentary section is dominated today by Tuesday's exchange between US Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Find out what John Nichols of The Nation, Jacob G. Hornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundation, Lew Rockwell of LewRockwell.Com, Jonah Goldberg of National Review, and Jim Jordan of Frontiers of Freedom have to say about that (and me, too -- over at my blog, [EMAIL PROTECTED]). But it's not just that -- we also have pieces on othe topics from David Goree, Carl Milsted, Jr., Tibor R. Machan, CLS, Steve Chapman, Arthur Silber, Robert Haddick, Pat Buchanan, J.D. Tuccille, Jesse Walker, Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Jim Harper, Phil Maymin, Barry Tudor, Jason Jewell, Frank Shostak and others. Our audio and video listings include three upcoming shows and two archived podcasts for your listening pleasure. Then there's the symposium and the event calendar -- hold that last thought, as we'll be coming back to it in a moment. Read all about it at: http://www.rationalreview.com/news But first: - About that event calendar: We want to provide the freedom movement with the most comprehensive and up-to-date calendar possible ... but we need your help. If you know of an event that deserves coverage (hint -- an event is something that's scheduled to occur, not a web site or a suggestion for action; we do those other things too, but not on the events calendar), drop me a line at thomaslknapp at rationalreview.com and I'll try to get it in. I say "try," because sometimes Google Calendar is a little persnickety with me. It'll get done, but sometimes it takes awhile. Better yet -- if you or your organization conduct multiple or ongoing events, direct access to add those events to the calendar can be arranged. That address, again, is thomaslknapp at rationalreview.com. - Speaking of events, don't forget to register and attend ISIL's 26th World Freedom Summit (http://www.isil.org/conference ), European Freedom Summit 2007 (http://efs2007.blogspot.com), the Free State Project's 2007 Porcupine Freedom Festival ( http://www.freestateproject.org/festival), etc. Check out the calendar for details. - Do you publish a political web site or write political commentary? Would you like to be covered in RRND/FND? Don't be shy -- let me know at thomaslknapp at rationalreview.com. If you've been covered before but not lately, it's not because we don't like you, it's because I've lost my bookmarks (several times before getting the message and backing them up) and haven't fully reconstructed them. Get back on my "keep an eye out" list! - FUNDRAISER UPDATE: HM, MR and KM came through yesterday with contributions totaling $40. Thanks, you three! That brings us to $564 -- $2,436 away from our $3,000 goal for the 2nd quarter of 2007. See the rest of today's fundraiser update, and please consider becoming one of our subscribing contributors: http://www.rationalreview.com/content/28760 Regular email edition tomorrow. Yours in liberty, Tom Knapp Publisher Rational Review ************************************************** * SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS * * 2007 PORCUPINE FREEDOM FESTIVAL * Come socialize with hundreds of like-minded * activists June 18-24 at Gunstock Mountain Resort * in Gilford, New Hampshire! * http://www.freestateproject.org/festival/ * * THE WALTON STREET TYCOONS, BY JIM LESCZYNSKI * "Simply the best libertarian novel to come along * in a quarter of a century or so." -- L. Neil Smith * http://tinyurl.com/yrd3uz * * RE-FOUNDING AMERICA * Join ISIL at our 26th World Freedom Summit as we celebrate * the 400th anniversary of the founding of America at Jamestown * http://www.isil.org * ************************************************** ******************************************************************* * HEALTH-OF-THE-STATE-O-METER, 05/17/07 * * Reported Civilian Deaths in Iraq: Min - 63,796 ... Max - 69,850 * (source: www.iraqbodycount.org) * * American Military Deaths in Iraq: 3,401 * (source: www.antiwar.com/casualties/) ******************************************************************* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ ********************************************************************** * RRND relies on the valued support of our readers. Forward freely. * * Visit our web edition and support our work at: * http://www.rationalreview.com/news * * To support ISIL's Free-Market.Net Project (tax deductible) * http://www.isil.org/store/membership.html * * To unsubscribe from the email edition, send email to: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * For other email options, visit: * http://groups.google.com/group/rrnd ********************************************************************** Thomas L. Knapp ..... Publisher Mary Lou Seymour .... Editor Steve Trinward ...... Editor R. Lee Wrights ...... Editor Brad Spangler ....... Editor -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
