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** WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020
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We make ourselves real by telling the truth. Man can hardly forget that he needs to know the truth, for the instinct to know is too strong in us to be destroyed. But he can forget how badly he also needs to tell the truth. We cannot know truth unless we ourselves are conformed to it. We must be true inside, true to ourselves, before we can know a truth that is outside us. But we make ourselves true by manifesting the truth as we see it.
-- Thomas Merton, From No Man Is an Island [1955]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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July 15, 2020
Trump, Kennedy, and the Russia Collusion Delusion ([link removed])
President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s jail sentence has brought the Russia collusion delusion back into the limelight. Special prosecutor (and former FBI Director) Robert Mueller, the lawyer in charge of conducting an in-depth investigation into whether Trump colluded with the Russians to win the 2016 presidential election, immediately fired a salvo against Trump’s commutation in an op-ed ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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THE FREE SOCIETY
Tyranny Without a Tyrant ([link removed])
by John W. Whitehead
The Future of Freedom Foundation
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Always Grab the Shotgun ([link removed])
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How the Media Mangled the “Russian Invasion” of the Trump Administration ([link removed])
by Ted Galen Carpenter
National Interest
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A Unique Recession Requires a Unique Government Response, and the Stimulus Isn’t It ([link removed])
by Veronique de Rugy
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‘Give Me Freedom or Give Me Death’ ([link removed])
by Asadullah Haroon
Common Dreams
DRUG WAR
My Two Kids Survived the War on Drugs. Others Haven’t. ([link removed])
by Gretchen Burns Bergman
San Diego Union Tribune
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The Free Market: Our Secret Weapon for Protecting the Environment ([link removed])
by Matthew Lesh
Washington Examiner
THE FREE MARKET
Extend the Market, As Far as Possible ([link removed])
by Art Carden
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AFGHANISTAN
Shocked By Russia Supporting The Taliban? You Shouldn’t Be. ([link removed])
by Andrew J. Bacevich
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How the House Armed Services Committee, in the Middle of a Pandemic, Approved a Huge Military Budget and More War in Afghanistan ([link removed])
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