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** WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020
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Expropriation of private property, without the owner's consent, falls squarely within the definition of stealing -- certainly an immoral action. Yet, that is the standard procedure in Federal urban renewal programs, and the results are consistent with the immoral nature of the action, notwithstanding the good intentions of civic leaders seeking to provide better living conditions for residents of slum housing via government aid.
— John C. Sparks, The Freeman ([link removed]) [March 1965]
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** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 5, 2020
Truman's War Crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki ([link removed])
This month marks the 75h anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While proponents of the bombings have long justified them on the basis that they shortened World War II, the fact is that they were war crimes. The only reason why President Truman and the pilots who dropped the bombs were not prosecuted as war criminals is because the ...
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THE FREE SOCIETY
Discrimination and the "Ministerial Exception" ([link removed])
by Laurence M. Vance
The Future of Freedom Foundation
WORLD WAR II
U.S. Leaders Knew We Didn’t Have to Drop Atomic Bombs on Japan to Win the War. We DId It Anyway ([link removed])
by Gar Alperovitz
and Martin J. Sherwin
Los Angeles Times
Thankfully, History Has Not Yet Repeated Hiroshima and Nagasaki ([link removed])
by George F. Will
Washington Post
FOREIGN POLICY
The Pied Piper With No Mice? Blame Iraq ([link removed])
by Ted Galen Carpenter
American Conservative
Trump’s Reasoning Is Bad, But Withdrawing Troops from Germany Is a Good Idea ([link removed])
by Bonnie Kristian
Responsible Statecraft
FFF
A Time That Tries Men's Souls ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
THE FREE SOCIETY
Americans’ Crazy Fight for the Basic Right to Work ([link removed])
by Cheryl K. Chumley
Washington Times
My Covid Cri de Cœur ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Federal Agents Don’t Need Army Fatigues ([link removed])
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Los Angeles Times
AFGHANISTAN
I Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil! ([link removed])
by Danny Sjursen
Antiwar.com
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