Minnesota Free Market Institute

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On 5/10 Guest Hosts Craig Westover and Margaret Martin interviewed Rep. Tom Hackbarth (R-Cedar) about the 3/8 cent sales tax increase amendment and the windup of the state legislative session. In the second hour, Margaret and Craig interviewed Don Eberly, author of The Rise of Global Civil Society:Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up.

Highlights and Newsmakers Reel

• Rep. Hackbarth explains the genesis of the 3/8 cent sales tax amendment slated to be on the ballot this fall
• Craig Westover asks Rep Hackbarth about whether he thinks the Central Corridor will be included in the final budget negotiations as the session winds down.
• Don Eberly describes "civil society"
• Don Eberly on the promise of Microfinance in spreading capitalism
• Don Eberly on private initatives vs. public (governmental) aid.

This weekend on The David Strom Show, guest host Craig Westover talked to Charles Territo, Director of Communications, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers about the attempt in the Minnesota Legislature to tie Minnesota car, truck and SUV emissions standards to California standards. In the second hour, he interviewed William "Chip" Mellor, President and General Counsel of the Institute for Justice, on his new book, The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom.

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This week's show was a replay of two recent author interviews. Mark Steyn's America Alone has just come out in paperback and Mickey Edwards' Reclaiming Conservatism, are both controversial books in distinct ways. Steyn's book argues that demographic trends and cultural trends are going to culminate in the decline of the west and western values. Former Congressman Mickey Edwards's book argues that Conservativism has lost its way and should be more constitutional and civil libertarian in outlook. (For a counterpoint, see David's interview with Grover Norquist the following week.)