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T.H.E. Journal May 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Psyched Up for NCLB With the contentious bill up for reauthorization, ed tech advocates would do well to draw on a useful mind game from a decades-old middle school lesson.
InternetNews May 8, 2007 Roy Mark	Leahy Raises REAL ID Act Revolt Vermont senator says Congress should reconsider law that calls for national identification standards.
Reason May 2007 David Weigel	Hold Your Cards If the federal government gets its way, every state will have to comply with the Real ID Act as of May 11, 2008. Each American will have an ID card encoded with vital information using an undefined machine-readable technology, with the same specs from San Diego, California, to Bangor, Maine.
Reason May 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	House Rules Fair housing and free speech: Looking for a gay black Buddhist to share the rent? It may soon be illegal to say so in an online advertisement.
Reason May 2007 Brian Doherty	Wireless Boondoggles Public broadband rip-offs: Thanks to constantly evolving technologies, government money sunk into particular methods of Internet access has a high risk of going to waste.
Reason May 2007 David Weigel	I, Tax Robot Internet tax traps: if you live in Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, or the Netherlands, the taxman may be watching your every click. Will the U.S. follow?
Reason May 2007 Jeff Taylor	Blogged Down Censoring the Web: In the last few months, legislators in both Texas and Tennessee have explored the idea of slapping blogs with special "online defamation" regulations.
Reason May 2007 Jacob Sullum	Hurricanes Happen Insurance price controls in Florida: The state legislature is ordering insurance companies to charge less for homeowner's policies.
Reason May 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Fat Checks Bloated obesity programs: West Virginia taxpayers may soon be paying for portly citizens to attend Weight Watchers meetings.
Reason May 2007 Jacob Sullum	Exporting Drug Prices Pharmaceutical companies argue that the higher prices paid by Americans underwrite the research and development that makes new drugs possible, in effect subsidizing consumers in other countries. Reimportation could force our northern neighbors to share that burden.
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