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** WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025
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Even a thought, even a possibility, can shatter us and transform us.

– Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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June 11, 2025 Trump's Use of His Standing Army ([link removed]) With President Trump’s deployment of U.S. troops to Los Angeles, this is a good time to review the deep antipathy that America’s Founding Fathers and our American ancestors had toward “standing armies,” which was the term they used for the national-security state form of governmental structure under which we have all been born and raised. This is especially true given that Trump has ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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How Not to Cut Medicaid Spending ([link removed])
by Laurence M. Vance
The Future of Freedom Foundation
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JFK’s Peace Speech ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Jeffrey Sachs with Jefferson Morley
JFK Facts
FREE TRADE
Tariffs Make the World Poorer and More Perilous ([link removed])
by Eswar Prasad
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The North American Tariff Backfire ([link removed])
by Mary Anastasia O’Grady
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Predatory Pricing Is More Myth Than Market Threat ([link removed])
by Marian L. Tupy and Donald J. Boudreaux
National Review
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Help Us Defend Civil Liberties ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
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Professor Michael Glennon’s 2025 Commencement Address upon Receiving the James L. Paddock Teaching Award ([link removed])
by Michael J. Glennon
Tufts University
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Musk Is Right to Want the End of Green and Black Subsidies ([link removed])
by Veronique de Rugy
National Review
PRESIDENCY
Why CEOs Are Silent in the Face of Trump’s Destruction ([link removed])
by Fareed Zakaria
Washington Post
IMMIGRATION
Signs of a Weaker Labor Market ([link removed])
Editorial
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