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“No tax dollar ever returned intact from a round-trip to Washington.” – Fort Worth Press

"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself a slave to it."

--Benjamin Franklin

Finding Money For Teachers, John Kerry’s Resume, Regulating Tobacco, Federal and State Marriage Amendments, Dan Rather       By Theresa Fritz Camoriano           1.  Where to Find Money For Teachers? – Kentucky teachers are threatening to strike over an increase in the cost of their health insurance.  Governor Fletcher has called a special session to try to come up with a solution to the problem.  Since increasing taxes on Kentuckians would only drive business away and result in a weaker economy and a smaller state budget, a tax increase cannot be the solution.  If teachers are going to get more money, then money must be found somewhere else in the budget.              (click to read more)

Just what is it we're "Preserving" in Pewee Valley?        By Sally Tanselle        Have you ever noticed that those non-elected militants, who foist "Smart" Growth and Comprehensive Planning upon us, and who mandate the Historical Preservation of our neighborhoods and small towns, have a seeming hatred for the species commonly known as Mankind?  These "Do-Gooders" love Open Spaces, Green Spaces and the Environment.  They dearly love lifeless old buildings.  What they cannot tolerate is mankind.              (click to read more)

SCHOOL CHOICE: Harlem’s opportunity, Kentucky’s dream        Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions          Barbara Morton-Mollette jumped for joy when her son and stepdaughter were chosen by lottery to attend the sixth grade at Harlem’s Promise Academy – one of nine new charter schools opening in New York City.              (click to read more)

Questioning Assumptions – Following in Ben Franklin’s Footsteps         By Theresa Fritz Camoriano           I have been listening to a lecture series about Benjamin Franklin, who was one of the most famous and most highly regarded of our founding fathers.  He was a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, statesman, and public-minded citizen.  One interesting aspect of Franklin’s character is that he was willing, even into his old age, to question his assumptions and to change his mind based on new information.  For example, in his younger days, he had supported the institution of slavery, assuming that Africans were inferior and suited to slavery.               (click to read more)

Whiners Whine While We Watch - by Jeff (Mario) Smith Here we go again. The “spoiled classes” of government employees, namely teachers, are whining about a small increase in their health insurance costs...

REGIONAL SPOTLIGHT: Fire departments protect homeowners by respecting their pocketbooks        Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions         By deciding to combine four suburban fire districts, Jefferson County’s firefighters are fulfilling government’s highest priority – keeping its citizens safe – by using sound economic policy.              (click to read more)

Terry's Tidbits  Tobacco, Cops and Clubs, Libertarians by Terry Gray

Taxation With Representation         By Jonathan David Morris            It was right around 7:30 last Friday morning when I crossed over the Delaware River Bridge on my way to work. About a minute after merging onto the New Jersey Turnpike, I noticed a large white truck two lanes over and four cars ahead—an F-350 Dually, I believe. It was going maybe 70 miles an hour, and a solid half mile of road was opening up in front of it as drivers in all three lanes tried not to pass it by.              (click to read more)

Lady Liberty Interviews Michael Badnarik,
2004 Libertarian Candidate for President         On September 11, 2004, Lady Liberty was in attendance at the 2004 National Property Rights Conference where she spoke on Internet Activism. Libertarian candidate for President Michael Badnarik was a featured general session speaker at that same event. Lady Liberty was privileged to have the opportunity to speak with Mr. Badnarik one on one during the Conference.              (click to read more)

Silence Dogood, No. 7   (Ben Franklin on poetry in New England)       Give me the Muse, whose generous Force,
Impatient of the Reins, Pursues an unattempted Course,
Breaks all the Criticks Iron Chains. Watts.

To the author of the New England Courant.

SIR,

It has been the Complaint of many Ingenious Foreigners, who have travell'd amongst us, That good Poetry is not to be expected in New-England. I am apt to Fancy, the Reason is, not because our Countreymen are altogether void of a Poetical Genius, nor yet because we have not those Advantages of Education which other Countries have, but purely because we do not afford that Praise and Encouragement which is merited, when any thing extraordinary of this Kind is produc'd among us: Upon which Consideration I have determined, when I meet with a Good Piece of New-England Poetry, to give it a suitable Encomium, and thereby endeavour to discover to the World some of its Beautys, in order to encourage the Author to go on, and bless the World with more, and more Excellent Productions.

“Whether it's individuals or countries, one seldom sees highly productive people poor or highly unproductive people rich unless there are government restrictions and subsidies at play. Making people more productive is the challenge. Whining about income inequality is a cop-out.” – Walter Williams http://www.townhall.com/columnists/walterwilliams/ww20040922.shtml

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