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** MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026
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Nothing is more certain, than that trade cannot be forced; she is a coy and humorous dame, who must be won by flattery and allurements, and always flies force and power; she is not confined to nations, sects, or climates, but travels and wanders about the earth, till she fixes her residence where she finds the best welcome and kindest reception; her contexture is so nice and delicate, that she cannot breathe in a tyrannical air; will and pleasure are so opposite to her nature, that but touch her with the sword, and she dies: But if you give her gentle and kind entertainment, she is a grateful and beneficent mistress; she will turn deserts into fruitful fields, villages into great cities, cottages into palaces, beggars into princes, convert cowards into heroes, blockheads into philosophers; will change the coverings of little worms into the richest brocades, the fleeces of harmless sheep into the pride and ornaments of kings, and by a further metamorphosis will transmute them again into
armed hosts and haughty fleets.
– John Trenchard, Cato's Letters ([link removed]) [1722]
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January 12, 2026 Netanyahu Could Have Gotten Me Killed ([link removed])
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have gotten me killed, as an indirect consequence of his political machinations and manipulations designed to suppress criticism and condemnation of the Israeli government. I was attending a memorial service for Dan Grossman, one of the great modern-day heroes of the libertarian movement. To get a sense of the important role that Dan played in ...
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