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* RATIONAL REVIEW NEWS DIGEST
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* Volume IV, Issue #1,042
* Friday, December 8th, 2006
* Email Circulation 2,062
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* Published every non-holiday weekday
* by the staff of Rational Review
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* On the Web: http://www.rationalreview.com/news
* In cooperation with ISIL: htp://www.isil.org
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Dear readers,

It's a "web-only Friday" -- and a fundraiser kickoff day -- at RRND.
25 news stories and 40 commentaries, including pieces from George
Squyres, Jonathan Rauch, Sheldon Richman, Garry Reed, Angelo Mike,
Melana Zyla Vickers, Chuck Muth, Antal E. Fekete, Justin Raimond,
Philip Martin, Michael Young, Dominick T. Armentano, Benjamin Powell,
Jim Harper, Lady Liberty, Jay Lehr, Lew Rockwell, James Bovard, Clark
Walter, Wendy McElroy and others, await your pleasure at:

http://www.rationalreview.com/news

Now, about that year-end fundraiser:

We've beat the fundraising drum lightly over the last month -- and the
response has matched that beat. As you may recall, I threatened to
drag out "the thermometer" if necessary. It's necessary ... but not
sufficient. No, dear readers, in the RRND/FND tradition of truly
atrocious fundraising graphics, I give you -- the Rational Review
Candy Cane! You'll see it at the top of the web edition, or you can
visit it directly at

http://www.rationalreview.com/images/rrcandycane.png.

The original goal was lofty $10,000 in two months. Since we've been
low-key until now, I'm reducing that goal to $3,000 between now and
the end of the year. That's less than 50 cents per reader ... and the
more quickly we reach it, the more quickly the "candy cane" goes away!

Supporting "the libertarian movement's daily newspaper" is easy -- not
to mention necessary, if you want us to be able to continue providing
it -- and we've got loads of ways to do it:

- See the sidebar of any page at rationalreview.com to make a one-time
contribution using PayPal, credit card or e-gold.

- If you'd like to become one of our continuing supporters, we have
four monthly plans at the $2.50, $5.00, $10 or $20 level. Here's the
signup URL:

http://www.rationalreview.com/rrnd-subscribing-contributor-options/

- If you prefer tax deductibility, ISIL has a special contribution
category for support of Freedom News Daily. Drop me a line at
thomaslknapp at yahoo dot com if you contribute that way, so I can use
the information to fill up the "candy cane" graphic. The URL:

http://www.isil.org/store/membership.html#FMN

- Email me (thomaslknapp at yahoo dot com) for address information and
such if you'd like to send a check, money order, etc. We're happy to
accomodate that preference!

If we make that $3,000 goal, you won't see another fundraiser until
Valentine's Day, when we'll offer you a chance to show your love by
giving value for value once again. After nearly four years and more
than 1,000 editions, we hope you agree that Rational Review News
Digest and its even older, now ISIL-branded partner, Freedom News
Daily are a great deal and worthy of your continued support.

Yours in liberty,
Tom Knapp
Publisher
Rational Review

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* HEALTH-OF-THE-STATE-O-METER, 12/08/06
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Thomas L. Knapp ..... Publisher
Mary Lou Seymour .... Editor
Steve Trinward ...... Editor
R. Lee Wrights ...... Editor
Brad Spangler ....... Editor