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A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them.
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August 14, 2025 Why the Drug War? ([link removed]) The ostensible purpose of the U.S. war on drugs is to prevent Americans from getting their hands on illicit drugs and ingesting them. Think about that for a moment: The entire drug-war apparatus and the massive militarized drug-war police state exist for the purpose of preventing Americans from possessing and ingesting unapproved substances that they wish to possess and ingest. I consider that ...
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Welfare by Any Other Name Is Still Welfare ([link removed])
by Laurence M. Vance
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President Trump Should Return to an ‘America First’ Foreign Policy ([link removed])
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Politicians Multiply Mental Illness ([link removed])
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