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Voting booths versus the marketplace – [I]n democratic societies, elected political officials are the final arbiters of the government's marketplace do's and don'ts. Who elects these political officials? Surprise! The same people supposedly incapable of making informed decisions in the marketplace.  ..How do people who are unable to make informed decisions about, say, lawnmower safety become able to make an informed choice among legislative candidates, who then select the "right" amount of lawnmower safety? Could it be that bolts of enlightenment strike Americans in the voting booth but not in the marketplace? Yeah right. More plausible is the proposition that the popular rationale for regulation is statist nonsense. Logic points to Americans being better informed in the marketplace than in the voting booth.  http://www.mises.org/fullstory.asp?control=1224

IRAQI LAWYER WHO AIDED POW IS HONORED
An Iraqi lawyer who helped U.S. troops rescue prisoner of war Jessica Lynch was honored Thursday by a state lawyers' group. The Delaware Bar Association said the award granted to Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, 32, reflects the best quality of lawyers - helping defenseless people being  treated unfairly. http://news.fin dlaw.com/ap/o/1110/5-8- 2003/20030508193003_28.html

The struggle for America’s soul (capitalism or collectivism?) – by Henry Lamb http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32490

Great myths of the great depression  - Students today are often given a false account of the Great Depression of 1929-1941 that condemns free-market capitalism as the cause of, and government intervention the solution to, the economic hardships of the era. In this essay based on a popular lecture, Mackinac Center for Public Policy President Lawrence Reed debunks the conventional view and traces the central role that poor government policy played in fostering this legendary tragedy.  http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=4013

Philosopher on the factory floor – about Francois Michelin (the tire man) – [t]he “absurdly destructive logic” of Marxist economic theory also reduces human relationships to systems that destroy respect for others. “For me the matter has no ambiguity about it at all,” Michelin says. “Society is made for man and not the opposite.”

http://www.acton.org/ppolicy/comment/article.php?id=138

How higher housing density makes traffic worse and increases air pollution http://www.publicpurpose.com/pp57-density.htm

Are racial preferences responsible for journalism disaster? http://www.townhall.com/columnists/johnleo/jl20030512.shtml

It’s just common sense – Barry Bright http://www.willowtown.com/freekentucky/columns03/sense.html

The high price of low ethics http://www.emkf.org/pdf/HiPriceLoEthics.pdf

From Democrat to Independent to Republican by Larry Elder http://www.townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/le20030515.shtml

More fabricated stories in the NY Times? http://www.townhall.com/columnists/emmetttyrrell/et20030515.shtml

The Old Gray Liar (NY Times) by Ann Coulter http://www.anncoulter.org/columns/2003/051403e.htm

Minnesota Gov. keeping promise on taxes - Gov. Pawlenty is cheerfully standing with the voters who elected him. Instead of raising taxes, he seeks to reform government… Mr. Pawlenty appeals to the growing number of suburban voters who want value for their money and question whether the "Minnesota Miracle" touted by such liberal giants as Messrs. Humphrey and Mondale is still relevant. "He is joining antitax business people with folks who think the government is engaged in excessive social engineering."  http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110003495

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