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** MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020
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The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and indignation that sudden changes and legislative interferences, in cases affecting personal rights, become jobs in the hands of enterprising and influential speculators, and snares to the more industrious and less informed part of the community.
– James Madison, Federalist No. 44 ([link removed]) [1788]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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April 13, 2020
The Banality of Evil in a Time of Coronavirus ([link removed])
When Hannah Arendt wrote about the concept that she called “the banality of evil,” she was referring to people who are engaged in evil but who actually believe that are engaged in good. They aren’t evil people, Arendt said, just good people who are unwittingly engaged in evil. You couldn’t find a better term to describe American interventionists who support ...
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Republicans Are Now Good For Exactly …….. Nothing! ([link removed])
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The Last Empire?: Portugal’s Cautionary Tale and the Costs of Forever War ([link removed])
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FDR, Demagogue Champion of Leviathan and War ([link removed])
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Libertarian Institute
When Snitches Become Monsters ([link removed])
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American Conservative
Coronavirus Hysteria and the Destruction of the US Economy (audio) ([link removed])
by David Stockman
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Joe Biden’s Quarantine Reading Assignment ([link removed])
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