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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2020

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 [March 1965]
 

HORNBERGER'S BLOG

August 5, 2020
Truman's War Crimes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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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