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Swedish kids like vouchers.

• Johan Norberg says that recent comments from Naomi Klein, author of the anti-capitalist The Shock Doctrine, confirm his suspicions that she is not really against the shock, just the doctrine.

• Dan Mitchell points out that enrollment in private high schools in Sweden has seen a dramatic increase since the introduction of vouchers in 1992 and has been accompanied by improvements in the quality of public schools.

• Matt Welch argues that President Obama's current travails can be tied to his embrace of big government.

• Big government and big business working together: the Los Angeles Times talks to experts who say current health care reform efforts could produce a financial "bonanza" for insurance companies.

• Robert Samuelson calls the Obama Administration's support for high-speed rail a "dispiriting example of government's inability to learn from past mistakes." Update: Randal O'Toole says Samuelson is being too kind.