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** TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2024
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It is therefore most especially in the present democratic times that the true friends of the liberty and the greatness of man ought constantly to be on the alert, to prevent the power of government from lightly sacrificing the private rights of individuals to the general execution of its designs. At such times, no citizen is so obscure that it is not very dangerous to allow him to be oppressed; no private rights are so unimportant that they can be surrendered with impunity to the caprices of a government.
– Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy in America (1835)
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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July 23, 2024
Congressional Incompetence in Its Trump-Shooting Investigation ([link removed])
Members of Congress are besides themselves over the testimony of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle regarding the near-assassination of former president Trump. They are upset that Cheatle was unable to provide them with adequate explanations as to what appears to be incompetence at best and willful blindness, conscious indifference, or complicity at worst on the part of the Secret Service. But if incompetence ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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MONETARY POLICY
Republican Platform Ignores Real Causes of Inflation ([link removed])
by Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institutehttps://ronpaulinstitute.org/republican-platform-ignores-real-causes-of-inflation/
Anatomy of Money and the State ([link removed])
by Robert Malone
Substackhttps://www.malone.news/p/anatomy-of-money-and-the-state
FREE TRADE
Biden and Trump Are Pushing the Same Failed Trade Policies ([link removed])
by Steven Greenhut
Reasonhttps://reason.com/2024/07/19/biden-and-trump-are-pushing-the-same-failed-trade-policies/
On Making the Case for Free Trade ([link removed])
by Don Boudreaux
Cafe Hayekhttps://cafehayek.com/2024/07/on-making-the-case-for-free-trade.html
Oren Cass Spots a Contradiction Among Free Traders ([link removed])
by David R. Henderson
Substackhttps://davidrhenderson.substack.com/p/oren-cass-spots-a-contradiction-among
POLITICS
This Election Is Democratic Progressivism vs. GOP Progressivism-Lite. Alas. ([link removed])
by George F. Will
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/19/trump-vance-republican-progressivism/
The Economic Policies of VP Kamala Harris ([link removed])
by Veronique de Rugy
National Reviewhttps://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-economic-policies-of-vp-kamala-harris/
FOREIGN POLICY
NATO Expansion: the Road to Cold War and War Itself ([link removed])
by Melvin A. Goodman
Counterpunchhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/23/nato-expansion-the-road-to-cold-war-and-war-itself/
Deflating Biden’s Boast on NATO ([link removed])
by Ted Snider
antiwar.comhttps://original.antiwar.com/Ted_Snider/2024/07/22/deflating-bidens-boast-on-nato/
PRESIDENCY
Determined to Avoid Presidential Paralysis, SCOTUS Endorses Presidential Impunity ([link removed])
by Jacob Sullum
Creatorshttps://www.creators.com/read/jacob-sullum/07/24/determined-to-avoid-presidential-paralysis-scotus-endorses-presidential-impunity-we-need-not-conjure-extreme-hypotheticals-to-understand-the-danger-posed-by-an-energetic-executive-who-feels-free-to-flout-the-law
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