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In response to my review of his book, John Merrifield wrote me the following note:
“The dominant libertarian position preferring the deteriorating status quo to anything but instant, complete separation is a real shame. Thinking of you voting with the teacher unions unless complete separation is on the ballot is REALLY depressing.”
From news.com.au, this story: “A 15-year-old Melbourne girl who is convinced she is a boy has started the process to have sex-swap surgery.... The girl’s mother told the Herald Sun she was torn between a desire to end her child’s agony and fear that her daughter may change her mind later... The mother, who must give consent, has pleaded with authorities through the Herald Sun to outlaw the surgery for under-21s so the decision is out of parents’ hands.
Financial writer Peter Eavis forecasts the consequences of the torrents of inflation that central banks led by our own print-meister Alan Greenspan, have unleashed on the world economy. “The fast-declining dollar we see today is an early indicator of the reckoning that Fed Chairman Greenspan has long tried to forestall, using unsustainable measures.
The New York Times reminds us:
“The Bush administration’s twin moves on Tuesday to ban the dietary supplement ephedra and the sale of meat from cows that appear to be sick on the way to the slaughterhouse underscores a simple White House maxim these days: with an election approaching, even a president who came to office assailing government regulation cannot do too much to protect consumers....
The country now suffers under the biggest spending and regulating presidency of the last half century, so the other party is now proposing an option, according to the 