The 60-Second News Sieve

- Tree-hugging new Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson attacked by free enterprise activists because he’s the chairman of the Nature Conservancy.

- Mad cow restrictions lightened. Previously, a country had to wait seven years from its latest discovery to be considered at ‘negligible risk’ by the World Organization for Animal Health. Now, with the support of U.S. cattle producers, the years are calculated from the affected animal’s date of birth. (Environmental News Service)

- Last month, pesticide industry lobbyists sat down with Bush administration officials to map out proposed rules authorizing testing on humans. Among pesticide trade association Crop Life America’s requests: “Re kids - never say never.” (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)

- The M3 conspiracy - no it’s not a reference to Tom Cruise’s latest movie. Since the government stopped reporting M3, which is a reliable measure of monetary supply, some speculate that it’s all part of a plot to cover up rising inflation. (Econbrowser via Dealbreaker)

- And lo, another third party emerged in time for the 2006/2008 games to begin: Behold the Unity Party. (via Reason’s Hit & Run)

- The only book to make the State Department’s Misinformation page, where the agency tries to debunk what it perceives as common myths, from “AIDS as Bioweapon” and “Did a Plane Hit the Pentagon?” to “Illegal Weapons in Falluja” and “A New American Quran.”

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