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** MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that people may require a leader.
– Plato, The Republic ([link removed]) [380 BC]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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February 24, 2020
The War on Drugs Meets the War on Immigrants ([link removed])
Both conservatives and leftists (also known as “liberals”) have long lamented the flow of immigrants illegally entering the United States from Mexico or seeking refugee status within the United States. To combat this, statists have erected a police state in the American Southwest that consists of a broad array of totalitarian-like measures that ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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FOREIGN POLICY
U.S. Foreign-Policy Perpetual Perfidy ([link removed])
by James Bovard
The Future of Freedom Foundation
The Nonintervention Principle (audio) ([link removed])
by Sheldon Richman
with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
Switzerland at the Heart of a Far-Reaching Surveillance Network Facilitating the U.S.-Backed Operation Condor ([link removed])
by Ramona Wadi
Strategic Culture Foundation
Trump Should Get Out Of NATO Now, But Nicely ([link removed])
by Ivan Eland
American Conservative
REGULATION
The Unbuildable American Home ([link removed])
by Kevin Erdmann
National Review
GUN CONTROL
The Racist Roots of Gun Control (video) ([link removed])
by Virginia Citizens Defense League
POLITICS
Unlike Oren Cass, F.A. Hayek Knew the Economics of Trade ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
AIER
How “Historic” Are We? ([link removed])
by Andrew Bacevich
TomDispatch.com
FREE SPEECH
The Fight for the Free Press Is Now On ([link removed])
by Nozomi Hayase
Antiwar.com
Should Journalists Be Punished For Exposing War Crimes? ([link removed])
by Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com
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