October 9, 2009 1:37PM 

# Weekend Links 

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- How cap-and-trade [is like ritual self-flagellation](http://bit.ly/4q04n).

- The Senate Finance Committee’s version of health care reform is definitely a step up from all of the other versions of the bill. But that’s still [a pretty low bar. ](http://bit.ly/CGHbG)

- Change? The president cuts [another deal](http://bit.ly/2aPXqi) for special interest lobbyists at the expense of American families.

- Why free trade is a [boon to the environment](http://bit.ly/45bgrH).

- Podcast: [Measuring Obama’s record on pursuing peace.](https://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/podcast-archive.php?podcast_id=1001)

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