May 23, 2011 10:23AM 

# Monday Links 

By George Scoville 

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- Please join us **this Wednesday, May 25 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern** for a Policy Forum with former Minnesota governor **Tim Pawlenty**, “[Limiting Government: What Washington Can Learn from Minnesota](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=8116),” with opening remarks from Cato founder and president [Edward H. Crane](https://www.cato.org/people/edward-crane). Governor Pawlenty received an “A” grade on Cato’s biennial “[Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors: 2010](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12173),” by Cato director of tax policy studies [Chris Edwards](https://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards). **[Complimentary registration](https://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=8116) is required of all attendees by noon Eastern tomorrow, Tuesday, May 24**–seating is limited and not guaranteed. If you cannot join us in person, please join us on the web for a [live video stream of the event](https://www.cato.org/live/).
- Washington’s use of tax dollars to strong-arm states into adopting national standards and tests [doesn’t leave much room for state choice in education](http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/267616/battle-education-freedom-neal-mccluskey).
- Did you know Cato has a series of 60 and 90-second radio ads about the Constitution that you can [download for free](https://www.cato.org/us-constitution/)?
- “Unfortunately, [suspicions about private property as a fundamental human right survive to this day](https://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/v33n3/cprv33n3-1.html), to the detriment of the coherence of human rights as a guiding political concept, and of fundamental freedoms and prosperity.” Read the rest of the new *Cato Policy Report* [here](https://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-index.html).
- What will happen [if we do nothing](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/video-highlights/michael-f-cannon-discusses-medicare-scare-tactics-fbns-cavuto), and let Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security continue to grow?

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