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** WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020
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Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex.
– Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America ([link removed]) [1835]


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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March 25, 2020
Trading Liberty for Security ([link removed])
There was a good reason why our American ancestors failed to include an emergency exception in the Bill of Rights. It was because they knew that throughout history emergencies have been the time-honored way by which people lose their liberty. Thus, the First Amendment does not say: Congress shall make no ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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FISCAL POLICY
Spending America into Bankruptcy ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
and Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
ECONOMICS
Coronavirus Economy ([link removed])
by Vernon L. Smith
USA Today
POLITICS
Our Government Doesn’t Need to Be Made Bigger to Fight Coronavirus ([link removed])
by Gary M. Galles
Los Angeles Times
FOREIGN POLICY
Will COVID Bring Down the American War Machine? ([link removed])
by Daniel Lazare
Antiwar.com
Getting Along with North Korea ([link removed])
by Tim Shorrock with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
THE FREE SOCIETY
Pandemic Security Theater Is Self-Destructive, And Won’t Make Us Safer ([link removed])
by James Bovard
Daily Caller
800 Medical Specialists Caution Against Draconian Measures ([link removed])
by Edward Peter Stringham
AIER
IMMIGRATION
Turning ICE Detention Into “Death Camps” ([link removed])
by Eoin Higgins
Common Dreams
CONSTITUTION
A State of Emergency Does Not Suspend Our Constitutional Rights ([link removed])
by Carl Snowden
Capital Gazette
CORPORATISM
Defense Giant Boeing Thinks Aerospace Needs A $60 Billion Bailout ([link removed])
by Paul Brian
American Conservative


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Unleashing the Dogs of War ([link removed])
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Even with power in the hands of a political philosopher and statesman who understood the rabid nature of war, President James Madison couldn’t...
How the Police State Will Deal with a Coronavirus Outbreak ([link removed])
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Libertarianism and the Coronavirus ([link removed])
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** EVENTS
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
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Speakers: Jacob Hornberger
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Speakers: Jacob Hornberger
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
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