The end of 2007 is drawing near. But there's still time to make a donation to your favorite freedom-advancing organizations and get a tax break for doing so. Check out the directory of the State Policy Network to find an organization in your state.

There are plenty of special interests out there eager to distort the rightful power of government for their own financial enrichment and to control the lives of others. Pete Geddes explains the situation:

Princeton Ph.D. George Will said it well: “The world is divided between those who do and do not understand that activist, interventionist, regulating, subsidizing government is generally a servant of the strong and entrenched against the weak and aspiring.”

For a primer on how this process works, I recommend the late Mancur Olson’s book, The Logic of Collective Action. Olson examines how political forces derail the greater good. His explanation is straightforward: small, wealthy, well-connected groups easily organize into cohesive, effective units. They then use the political process to reap huge benefits while dispersing the costs over 290 million citizens.

Organizations such as those within State Policy Network are a bulwark against this logic, advancing the cause of freedom and in turn, sound policy.

So send in that check today!