NOTE: Mr. Ed has been kidnapped by a gang of rabid marmots and is being held for ransom. We've sent the ransom off by Pony Express, and Mr. Ed should arrive by return mail Real Soon Now. Until then, here is a not-so-much edited as cobbled-together collection of articles and things for your reading pleasure.

Oh yes, no e-mail distribution for this issue, because I forgot to get the mailing-service's password from Mr. Ed before he was hauled off by those marmots.
—Ken Holder, Not The Editor

Empire of Lies
by L. Neil Smith
Ladies and gentlemen, fellow Children of the American Revolution, the great libertarian author and teacher Robert LeFevre once told me that the first money the United States government ever spent was a $20,000 check from a Dutch bank, drawn on an account that didn't exist.
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The 0AI Hunters' Aide Program
by William Stone, III
A surprising long-term problem of libertarians in general is that of poverty. Libertarians don't think of poverty the way the Statist Republicans and Democrats do: for them, poverty is simply another line item in the budget to be fought over, to see whose constituents get money this year.
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Arsenal Uncovered: Linked to Extremist Movement
by Winston Smith
Los Angeles - A joint task force of federal agents and state police raided the home of a Santa Monica man Saturday, uncovering an arsenal of illegal books and other media.
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Just How Stupid Do We Look?"
by William Stone, III
The older you get, the more you realize that it's the little things in life that really irritate you. Witness the following missive from the Ithaca (New York) Journal
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