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** TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020
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No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words "no" and "not" employed in restraint of governmental power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights.
-- Edmund A. Opitz, The Freeman [March 1965]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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July 7, 2020
Weak Libertarian Solutions to America's Healthcare Crisis ([link removed])
Ever since the start of the coronavirus crisis, a number of libertarians have taken the position that President Trump and federal officials have mismanaged the crisis. They point out all the things that Trump and federal officials have done wrong ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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THE FREE SOCIETY
Seattle Gets It Half Right ([link removed])
by Laurence M. Vance
The Future of Freedom Foundation
DRUG WAR
What George Floyd and Breonna Taylor Can Teach Us About the History of the War on Drugs and Needed Police Reforms ([link removed])
by Jessica A. Siegel and Jessica Hodge
Common Dreamshttps://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/07/04/what-george-floyd-and-breonna-taylor-can-teach-us-about-history-war-drugs-and
THE FREE MARKET
Rumors of the Death of Office Buildings Are Greatly Exaggerated ([link removed])
by John Tamny Real
Clear Marketshttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/06/29/rumors_of_the_death_of_office_space_are_grossly_exaggerated_497517.html
U.S. MILITARY
The Cursed Platoon ([link removed])
by Greg Jaffe
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/clint-lorance-platoon-afghanistan/
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Don’t Overlook One of the Most Brutal and Unnecessary Parts of Policing: Police Dogs ([link removed])
by Christy E. Lopez
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/06/police-dogs-are-problem-that-needs-fixing/
FOREIGN POLICY
South Sudan: Another U.S.-Sponsored, Nation-Building Fiasco ([link removed])
by Ted Galen Carpenter
American Conservative [link removed]
The Old Normal ([link removed])
by Andrew J. Bacevich
Harper'shttps://harpers.org/archive/2020/03/the-old-normal-united-states-addiction-to-war-andrew-bacevich/
EMINENT DOMAIN
The Little Pink House, 15 Years Later ([link removed])
by Matt Purple
American Conservativehttps://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-little-pink-house-15-years-later/
WAR ON TERRORISM
Sovereignty Mockery: Drone Tyranny at Home and Abroad ([link removed])
by Danny Sjursen
Via Paces
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
Could the Death of the National Security State be a Silver Lining of COVID-19? ([link removed])
by Jefferson Morley
Counterpunchhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2020/03/27/could-the-death-of-the-national-security-state-be-a-silver-lining-of-covid-19/
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