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** THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020
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If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that, if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that too.
– William Somerset Maugham, Strictly Personal ([link removed]) [1941]


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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April 2, 2020
Will 401(k)s Be Nationalized? ([link removed])
Amidst all the glee over Congress’s $2 trillion “stimulus” package, an important and relevant question naturally arises: Will the federal government end up nationalizing and confiscating people’s retirement accounts to pay for the ever-burgeoning expenses of the welfare-warfare state way of life? Prior to the coronavirus crisis, the federal government was spending $1 trillion more than what it was bringing ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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THE FREE SOCIETY
What Comes After the Coronavirus, Freedom or Despotism? ([link removed])
by Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
CORPORATISM
For the Love of Cronies ([link removed])
by Veronique de Rugy
AIER
FOREIGN POLICY
Farewell to Sanctions ([link removed])
by Daniel Larison
American Conservative
We Need a Coronavirus Truce ([link removed])
by John Feffer
Foreign Policy in Focus
IMMIGRATION
No Masks, Disinfectant or Soap. This Is Detention Amid a Pandemic. ([link removed])
by Kate Goldman
New York Times
CONSTITUTION
Taking Constitutional Rights Seriously During COVID-19 Pandemic ([link removed])
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Washington Times
HEALTHCARE
How Would Free Market Health Care Respond To The Coronavirus? ([link removed])
by John C. Goodman
Forbes
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
Judgement Day for the National Security State ([link removed])
by Andrew Bacevich
with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
A Foretaste of the Horror of Biological Warfare ([link removed])
by Eric S. Margolis
EricMargolis.com
THE FREE MARKET
By The Time We Notice We’re Hungry, It May Be Too Late ([link removed])
by Thomas Knapp
Counterpunch


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