| Steve McAlexander on Wed, 7 Nov 2001 05:39:02 +0100 (CET) |
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It doesn't mention excluding American's > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ==================> F R E E D O M N E W S <================== > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsub: http://www.free-market.net/features/lists/ > > Freedom headline news: > o Debate grows over using torture > o Green activist prevented from boarding flight > o Feds won't say how many detained suspects remain in custody > o Broad investigative powers prompt concern > o Police lifting restraints in pursuit of terrorists > o Afghan opposition claim victories > o American Taliban detainee celebrates 30th birthday > o Taliban girds for expected invasion force > o American women shed role as 'doves' > o Americans turn to guns following terror > o The libertarian at the Department of the Interior > o Bi-partisan support in Congress for Microsoft settlement > o States weigh rejection of Microsoft settlement > o Drugmakers decry political patent attacks > o Illinois high school uses lie detectors > o Sandinista loses Nicaraguan vote > o Philadelphia schools to be privatized > o Wisconsin to file brief for school choice > o Anti-technology activists attack New Hampshire grocer > > Freedom commentary: > o Microsoft settlement: good for the economy, good for competitors > o ACT analysis of Microsoft/DOJ proposed settlement > o Government involvement would cost charities' heart and soul > o Will anything happen in Marrakesh? > o Monopoly, competition, and educational freedom > o 'Multi-pollutant' bill would cost jobs and billions of dollars > o How not to improve public health > o In praise of (some) corporate lobbyists > o The tax cut we need now > o NBC 'Uprising' breaks network's anti-gun tradition > o Two wars at once > o Two approaches to farm aid > o I hate Rudy Giuliani > o Behind the triumph of erotica > > Freedom movement news: > o Merit Pay for Teachers: ERIC Digest Number Ten > o Merit pay for k - 12 teachers > o Event: The global harm of Swedish precaution > o Event: Real world economic analysis, Foundations for Policy I > o Event: Sea of uncertainty > > > ----------------- I N T H E S P O T L I G H T ------------------ > Intellectual Property: Patent panic > http://www.free-market.net/spotlight/patents/ > Did patents help to make Cipro available to the panicked masses? > Or do patents keep medications out of affordable reach? > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Debate grows over using torture > ---------- > International Herald Tribune > Growing numbers of pundits are openly discussing allowing U.S. > law enforcement to use torture against suspects. That has > critics worrying that perhaps a barrier to the mistreatment > of the accused is in danger of falling. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/572080741.html > > > Green activist prevented from boarding flight > ---------- > Bangor Daily News > Green Party activist Nancy Oden was prevented from boarding her > Bangor-to-Chicago flight. She says she was singled out for > belonging to a dissident, anti-war political party. Airport > officials say that she was "uncooperative," but also admit that > she was singled out. (11/03/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/572120742.html > > > Feds won't say how many detained suspects remain in custody > ---------- > Yahoo! News/AP > The White House insists that most of the more than 1,000 people > arrested on unrelated criminal charges by investigators probing > the terrorist attacks have been released. Independent > confirmation is impossible, and officials won't say how many > people remain in custody. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/543951476.html > > > Broad investigative powers prompt concern > ---------- > Contra Costa Times > With the passage of a sweeping new federal law that allows > secret searches and broad police discretion, people worry > whether officials have acquired too much power. "It's > legitimate to worry about governments," says one activist. > "Governments have killed more people in this century than > anyone." (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/568830592.html > > > Police lifting restraints in pursuit of terrorists > ---------- > NCPA > Across the country, police departments are lifting long-standing > restraints on conducting intelligence operations against private > organizations. While the new powers come in the name of the war > on terrorism, critics worry that the police themselves may prove > to be a threat. (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/834995898.html > > > Afghan opposition claim victories > ---------- > Fox News/AP > Afghan opposition forces claimed the capture of several > villages near the strategic northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. > The announcements came after U.S. warplanes cleared the way > with intensive bombing. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/532530905.html > > > American Taliban detainee celebrates 30th birthday > ---------- > Newsday.com > Dayna Curry celebrated her 30th birthday -- which also marked > her 93rd day in an Afghanistan jail, along with seven other > foreigners accused of preaching Christianity. Her mother, > Nancy Cassell of Thompson's Station, TN, said she had sent > a package with a cake and candles for Curry to the two-story > prison in Kabul where she is held. (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/266495441.html > > > Taliban girds for expected invasion force > ---------- > Christian Science Monitor > With its ranks swelled by the arrival of volunteers from > Pakistan, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban appears to be digging > in around Kabul. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/539691278.html > > > American women shed role as 'doves' > ---------- > Christian Science Monitor > For the first time in recent history, the gender gap in support > for military spending and actions has evaporated. Overall, 86 > percent of Americans, regardless of gender, support the war in > Afghanistan. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/537651186.html > > > Americans turn to guns following terror > ---------- > Fox News > The economy may be in the doldrums, but one sector has been > booming since the terrorist attacks: firearms. Americans are > looking to themselves for security and purchasing guns and > applying for concealed carry permits in record numbers. > (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/528420706.html > > > The libertarian at the Department of the Interior > ---------- > Washington Post > The Reason Foundation's Lynn Scarlett has made a place for > herself as assistant secretary for policy at the Department > of the Interior. While she favors small, restrained government, > she's in the odd position of coordinating many post-attack > security efforts. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/561392629.html > > > Bi-partisan support in Congress for Microsoft settlement > ---------- > Americans for Technology Leadership > Members of Congress weigh in with their opinion on the > DOJ/Microsoft settlement. (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/57358143.html > > > States weigh rejection of Microsoft settlement > ---------- > Washington Post > Several states involved in the Microsoft antitrust case are > threatening to reject a settlement between the Department of > Justice and the company unless the company agrees to major new > restrictions. Other states are poised to abandon the case and > endorse the settlement. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/552541978.html > > > Drugmakers decry political patent attacks > ---------- > National Post > At world trade talks in Qatar, drug industry executives warned > of a "slippery slope" as developing countries and health > activists stepped up a campaign to override patents on life- > saving drugs. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/577631246.html > > > Illinois high school uses lie detectors > ---------- > Newsday/AP > Dunlap High School, in Illinois, has raised eyebrows with its > use of a polygraph to determine if students violated a code of > conduct by attending a party where alcohol was consumed. > Parents say they'll try to force a change in policy before > filing a lawsuit. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/576331111.html > > > Sandinista loses Nicaraguan vote > ---------- > Washington Post > In an election that was less close than expected, former > socialist dictator Daniel Ortega was defeated in his race for > the presidency of Nicaragua. Businessman Enrique Bolanos, who > favors free market policies and anti-corruption efforts, won > by better than ten percent. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/557922320.html > > > Philadelphia schools to be privatized > ---------- > Washington Post > The state of Pennsylvania will take control of Philadelphia's > collapsing government schools within a month. Top education > jobs will be privatized, and church, business and other > community groups will assume daily operations of the city's > worst schools. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/549551819.html > > > Wisconsin to file brief for school choice > ---------- > The Pioneer Planet/AP > Wisconsin plans to file a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in > support of Ohio's appeal of a ruling striking down that state's > school choice program. "It's important for parents to have a > choice about where to send their children to school," says > Wisconsin's Gov. McCallum. (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/564230302.html > > > Anti-technology activists attack New Hampshire grocer > ---------- > GCN > Members of the fanatical anti-food technology group Northeast > RAGE descended on a grocery store, and vandalized products by > affixing stickers to merchandise. The stickers used common > "poison" and "biohazard" images to smear cereal, potato chips, > soup and other products. The incident was part of a "National > Day of Labeling Action." (10/30/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/896029297.html > > > For more News Reports see: > http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/news/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ============> F R E E D O M C O M M E N T A R Y <============ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Microsoft settlement: good for the economy, good for competitors > ---------- > Tech Central Station > by James K. Glassman > The stock market had perhaps the best read on the Microsoft > settlement. "[I]it was saying clearly that a settlement between > Microsoft Corp. and the federal government was good for > consumers, business and the economy. And, most of all, it was > good for tech companies -- including Microsoft's competitors." > (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/808393191.html > > > ACT analysis of Microsoft/DOJ proposed settlement > ---------- > Association for Competitive Technology > by staff article > The Association for Competitive Technology provides this > "summary of the provisions of the [Microsoft/DOJ] settlement > agreement and how Microsoft, competitors and consumers are > affected." It is available in Adobe PDF. (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/52547793.html > > > Government involvement would cost charities' heart and soul > ---------- > Fox News/ifeminists.com > by Wendy McElroy > "[T]he appearance of relief fundraising abuse has led to calls > for further government control of private charities, putting > private charities ... in danger of becoming more and more an > arm of the government. If state control of philanthropy is > tightened, a unique and valuable aspect of North American > culture may fade away." (11/06/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/530780798.html > > > Will anything happen in Marrakesh? > ---------- > Competitive Enterprise Institute > by staff > "New episodes of the long-running soap opera known as the Kyoto > Protocol are being shot this week ... in Marrakesh, Morocco, > as the United States was still refusing to appear in any new > episodes." (11/02/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/235563818.html > > > Monopoly, competition, and educational freedom > ---------- > The Future of Freedom Foundation > by Jacob G. Hornberger > "Unfortunately, while many scholars understand the nature and > benefits of the free market in general, they seem to lack > a firm appreciation of pure free-market principles in the area > of education." (09/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/100360978.html > > > 'Multi-pollutant' bill would cost jobs and billions of dollars > ---------- > The National Center for Public Policy Research > by Gretchen Randall > "While the EPA says we have cleaned our air considerably, others > want to impose more reductions in emissions that would harm the > economy and lay off a million workers. President Bush is right > to warn that he would veto a bill that would harm the coal > industry and raise energy prices, as the economy is already weak." > (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/72889126.html > > > How not to improve public health > ---------- > Mercatus Center > by Susan E. Dudley > "Christie Todd Whitman announced that EPA would reaffirm the > Clinton administration's standards requiring drastic reductions > in the levels of arsenic in public drinking water." This > politically expedient decision, says Dudley, could do more harm > than good. (11/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/67608815.html > > > In praise of (some) corporate lobbyists > ---------- > The Cato Institute > by Chris Edwards > Corporate lobbyists are trying to get Congress to eliminate > the Alternative Minimum Tax. This is one case, says Edwards, > where Congress should listen to lobbyists. (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/62388438.html > > > The tax cut we need now > ---------- > ATR > by Grover Norquist & Jeffrey Eisenach > The writers push for a National Sales Tax Holiday for the > upcoming season, calling it "fair, temporary, and most > importantly, it will provide exactly the kind of immediate > stimulus our shell-shocked economy needs now." (11/04/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/892938977.html > > > NBC 'Uprising' breaks network's anti-gun tradition > ---------- > JPFO > NBC's broadcast of "Uprising," a docu-drama on the Warsaw Ghetto > Uprising, is a rare example of the media "getting it right." The > true story of armed resistance and self defense, JPFO notes, in > the face of overwhelming odds by Eastern European Jews against > the Nazis, is a textbook illustration of armed self defense -- > and a dramatic argument against victim disarmament. (11/02/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/887216349.html > > > Two wars at once > ---------- > Antiwar.com > by Justin Raimondo > "When I hear people talk about 'the war,' I wonder which war > they're referring to: the one in a far-distant country, which > most Americans know or care little about, or the one right here > in our own back yards -- or, I should say, in our own mailboxes > -- that dominates the news." (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/833315751.html > > > Two approaches to farm aid > ---------- > NCPA > A bill now in the House would continue the tradition of > virtually open-ended handouts to farmers based primarily > on what type of commodity they produce. The alternative > bill in the Senate, by Richard Lugar, would institute a > broader, more flexible approach to farm aid. (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/829545394.html > > > I hate Rudy Giuliani > ---------- > LewRockwell.com > by Burton S. Blumert > "Rudy Giuliani doesn't represent the spirit of New York City. > Sanctified by the media, the only thing Giuliani represents > is the government itself." (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/772617487.html > > > Behind the triumph of erotica > ---------- > Reason > by Nick Gillespie > "One of the most complete victories in the fight for free > expression has also been one of the least heralded: We now > live in a world of ubiquitous and infinitely varied > pornography." (11/05/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/768897061.html > > > For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see: > http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/commentary/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > =========> F R E E D O M M O V E M E N T N E W S <========= > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Merit Pay for Teachers: ERIC Digest Number Ten > ---------- > ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene OR > This five-page digest created by ERIC, The Educational > Resources Information Center, suggests factors which may > determine the success of a merit pay program, reasons > why such a program may fail, and notes that attempts to > implement merit pay systems are increasingly based on > outputs, or results, rather than inputs, or resources. > http://www.free-market.net/rd/777918112.html > > > Merit pay for k - 12 teachers > ---------- > ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communications > While not claiming to be an exhaustive review of the > literature on the topic of merit pay, this ten-page document > provides numerous citations on the subject. They may be > reviewed alphabetically or categorically, and information > is provided on how to obtain full-text copies of the documents. > http://www.free-market.net/rd/963410609.html > > > For more Online Resource Directories see: > http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/homepages/ > > > Event: The global harm of Swedish precaution > ---------- > The Cato Institute > "Professor [Robert] Nilsson will explain how Swedish regulators > have been successfully exporting parts of the Swedish > [precautionary principle] legislation to the rest of Europe. > His analysis is a salutary lesson for any country that considers > only the possible benefits of the precautionary principle, and > not the costs, which can be significant." (11/16/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/58918219.html > > > Event: Real world economic analysis, Foundations for Policy I > ---------- > Mercatus Center > The Mercatus Center has designed a convenient four-session > course for Capitol Hill policymakers to help explain the > world as it really is, not as abstract models idealize it > to be. (12/04/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/71168976.html > > > Event: Sea of uncertainty > ---------- > Mercatus Center > "This special two-day presentation will explore how [economic] > principles, and a little history, can help congressional staff > evaluate policy options and guide us into safer waters." > (11/15/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/69318890.html > > > For more Events see: > http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/events/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ============/ End of Today's Freedom News Update \=============== > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Please forward and copy this message. Freedom News Daily is edited > by J.D. Tuccille. 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