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The slippery slope – Walter Williams - Let's say that you support the attack on smokers. Are you ready for the next round of tyranny using tactics so successful for the anti-tobacco zealots? …Diet decisions that people make are none of anybody else's business. Yes, there are untoward health outcomes from unwise dietary habits, and because of socialism, taxpayers have to pick up the bill. But if we allow untoward health outcomes from choices to be our guide for government intervention, then we're calling for government to intervene in virtually every aspect of our lives. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/walterwilliams/2006/06/14/200953.html

Hemp once a boon for Kentucky http://www.winchestersun.com/articles/2006/06/09/local_news/news05.prt

Why won’t Congress abolish the estate tax? – Ron Paul-  A study by a Stanford professor concluded that “True revenues associated with estate taxation may well have been near zero, or even negative.”… The real motivation behind the estate tax is a deep-seated hostility to property rights, and a misguided fear of family dynasties. But people don’t keep money in mattresses anymore. Money inherited from an estate is either spent, saved, or invested—all of which are better for the economy than sending it to Washington, where bureaucratic overhead consumes at least 50 cents of every dollar. http://citizenoutreachblog.com/?p=168

Beating up on seven-year-olds Liberals in Lexington Massachusetts have taken to beating up the seven year old children of their political opponents. …That was the day that 10 of these thug-kins grabbed David Parker's 7 year old son, dragged him behind the corner of the school, well out of sight from the school officials, and proceeded to punch him in the groin, stomach, and chest, before he dropped to the ground when they then kicked and stomped on him. …All of this happening because one father wished to reserve the right to teach his own family's faith-based views on sexuality. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/KevinMcCullough/2006/06/18/201655.html

Freedom’s next move – stop overspending http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/pauljacob/2006/06/18/201703.html

The transformation of John Mackey – owner of Whole Foods "In other words, business is not a zero-sum game with a winner and a loser," says Mackey. "It is a win, win, win, win game." …The message should be that business, working through free markets, has arguably been the world's greatest force for human progress and our collective well-being, delivering increased prosperity, less poverty, extended longevity and democratic freedoms.  http://www.mises.org/story/2202

Teacher licensing – a protection racket – Joel Turtel Competition and an education free market produced great teachers in ancient Greece. …Parents in America gave their children a superior education at home or in small grammar or religious schools for over 200 years before we had public schools or licensed teachers in this country. …Most parents naively assume that if a teacher is licensed, he or she is now a trained professional they should trust their children with. …The worst nightmare for public-school authorities is a true free market of teachers who don't need a license to teach. Fierce competition by millions of new, unlicensed, competent, highly-skilled people might destroy public schools, the teacher unions, and teachers' lifetime security in tenured jobs. It might destroy the licensing racket that protects their jobs. That is one unspoken reason why school authorities fiercely defend licensing laws—real competition terrifies them. That is also one of the best reasons to eliminate licensing. http://www.newswithviews.com/Turtel/joel18.htm

Setting the story straight about Haditha - The mainstream media spent a couple of weeks throwing around the "cold blood" and "maybe murder" stories. Now that they're backtracking, it's our job to make sure new corrections and less damning facts don't get lost in the corner of page two. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/MaryKatharineHam/2006/06/12/200752.html

When emotions trump facts http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/johnleo/2006/06/11/200735.html

Helping young Muslims not to hate   The West needs to understand that peace among nations is intimately connected with a recognition that each faith tradition abides by a set of values it shares with all others. It needs to help young people of all faiths grasp a values-based alternative to hatred and violence.  http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0612/p09s01-coop.html

Michael Berg and the twisted values of the Green and pacifism – Dennis Prager Pacifists are often personally sweet and endearing people who advocate "peace," and therefore their doctrine is usually spared the moral contempt it merits. Among its many moral and intellectual weaknesses, pacifism ensures that cruelty will prevail on earth.  http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/dennisprager/2006/06/13/200949.html

Random Thoughts – Thomas Sowell The beauty of doing nothing is that you can do it perfectly. Only when you do something is it almost impossible to do it without mistakes. Therefore people who are contributing nothing to society except their constant criticisms can feel both intellectually and morally superior. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/thomassowell/2006/06/13/200951.html

The stealth amnesty of Mike Pence – Pat Buchanan  Turn off the magnets, and the illegals will not come. Cut off the benefits, and they will not stay. In five years, the crisis will be over. http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/patbuchanan/2006/06/13/200954.html

Castro’s inventor http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/brucebartlett/2006/06/13/200952.html

Increasing adoptions – a good idea gone wrong? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13304867/

Victimhood – a Palestinian Disease – Charles Krauthammer Who is to blame if Palestinians are setting up rocket launchers to attack Israel -- and placing them 400 yards from a beach crowded with Palestinian families on the Muslim Sabbath? http://townhall.com/opinion/columns/charleskrauthammer/2006/06/16/201449.html

The untold story of Gaza (and Haditha?) – Mona Charen The Israelis say the explosion on the beach may have been caused by a land mine placed there by Palestinians to thwart any Israeli assault, or possibly by unexploded ordnance from an earlier skirmish. According to the Israelis, shrapnel taken from the bodies of victims did not match Israeli shells but looked more like bomb fragments. http://townhall.com/opinion/columns/monacharen/2006/06/16/201489.html

A religion or a cult? – David Limbaugh As usual, the liberals' outrage is highly selective. It is not the people or their circumstances that are sacrosanct, but their liberal positions. Liberals accorded none of their precious war-hero deference to John O'Neill and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Indeed, they called them liars -- when they weren't -- and much worse. They have savaged combat-decorated Marine Ollie North. They have no use for retired generals supporting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Not on their lives would they defend 9/11 widows or mothers of war victims in support of President Bush's war effort. http://townhall.com/opinion/columns/davidlimbaugh/2006/06/16/201490.html

Party of rapist proud to be godless – Ann Coulter Oh, the civility of having only three TV stations back in our parents' day! It was even more civil in the Soviet Union where there was only one TV station. http://townhall.com/opinion/columns/anncoulter/2006/06/14/201333.html

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