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** FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019
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It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.... Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences.
– George Washington, Farewell Address ([link removed]) [September 26, 1796]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 16, 2019
Israeli and U.S. Destruction of Freedom of Travel ([link removed])
Proponents of trade and immigration controls oftentimes forget that there is another factor that comes with their socialist immigration system, that is, in addition to the death, suffering, police state, and destruction of the rights of economic liberty, liberty of contract, freedom of association, and private ownership of property....
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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FOREIGN POLICY
America's Benevolent Bombing of Serbia ([link removed])
by James Bovard
The Future of Freedom Foundation
FREE TRADE
U.S. Businesses Are Stuck in Trade War Uncertainty ([link removed])
by Michael R. Strain
Bloomberg
Trump’s Import Tariffs Are Costing Us an Arm and a Leg ([link removed])
by Desmond Lachman
The Hill
DRUG WAR
America’s War on Drugs Has Treated People Unequally Since Its Beginning ([link removed])
by John H. Halpern
and David Blistein
Time
AFGHANISTAN
The U.S. Government Doesn’t Care About Afghan Women ([link removed])
by Danny Sjursen
Truthdig
THE FREE MARKET
Sell an Organ ([link removed])
by John Stossel
Greenwood Index-Journal
IRAN
Here Are Five Lies About Iran That We Need to Refute to Stop Another Illegal War ([link removed])
by Mehdi Hasan
The Intercept
U.S. Bullies Its Way Into Dispute, Moves to Seize Iranian Tanker ([link removed])
by Barbara Boland
American Conservative
THE FREE SOCIETY
Lawyers: From Mainstays of the Republic to Progressive Rent-Seekers ([link removed])
by John O. McGinnis
Law & Liberty
MONETARY POLICY
Is There Such a Thing as a Free-Market Gold Standard? ([link removed])
by George Selgin
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