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** TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2025
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Whoever on ethical grounds wants to maintain war permanently for its own sake as a feature of relations among peoples must clearly realize that this can happen only at the cost of the general welfare, since the economic development of the world would have to be turned back at least to the state of the year 1830 to realize this martial ideal even only to some extent.
– Ludwig von Mises
Nation, State, and Economy [1919]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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February 18, 2025
Trump's Anti–DEI Policy and Private Sector Dictatorship ([link removed])
President Trump has upended the liberal/progressive policy of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by decreeing its immediate end within the federal government. Is that a good thing? Conservatives sure think so. My position? I don’t really care how presidents run their welfare-state, warfare-state departments and agencies. I’m with Murray Rothbard when he was asked about the importance of ferreting out communists in the federal government. ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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SOCIALISM
Political Paternalism, Not Capitalism, Brings Poverty and Privilege ([link removed])
by Richard M. Ebeling
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IMMIGRATION
A Harsh Immigration Crackdown Is a Strange Way to Show Love ([link removed])
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globehttps://jeffjacoby.com/28379/a-harsh-immigration-crackdown-is-a-strange-way-to
Stopping the Old Rio Grande ([link removed])
by Caroline Tracey
New York Reviewhttps://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/01/11/stopping-the-old-rio-grande/?lp_txn_id=1605947
JFK
JFK Most Wanted: 15 JFK Files for Rep. Luna’s Investigators ([link removed])
by Jefferson Morley
JFK Factshttps://jfkfacts.substack.com/p/jfk-most-wanted-15-jfk-files-for?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=315632&post_id=157070210&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2227e&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
MONETARY POLICY
What the Heck Happened to the Penny? ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Mike Maharrey
Money Metalshttps://www.moneymetals.com/news/2025/02/11/what-the-heck-happened-to-the-penny-003826?utm_source=250211-NRU-PN2&keycode=250211-NRU-PN2&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=content
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders ([link removed])
Editorial
New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/opinion/eric-adams-trump-justice-department.html
The Trump Trial of Danielle Sassoon ([link removed])
Editorial
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/opinion/danielle-sassoon-eric-adams-prosecution-emil-bove-pam-bondi-justice-department-donald-trump-79de98d6?mod=wsj_furtherreading_pos_2
Farewell, Justice Department Independence ([link removed])
by Carol C. Lam
New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/opinion/eric-adams-trump-doj.html
GUN CONTROL
Reversing Orders Cloaked in the Rhetoric of Crime Prevention ([link removed])
by John R. Lott Jr.
Washington Timeshttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/trump-protecting-second-amendment/
FREE SPEECH
A Brief Note on Today’s House Hearing ([link removed])
by Matt Taibbi
Racket Newshttps://www.racket.news/p/a-brief-note-on-todays-house-hearing
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