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** FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2020
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The State is and ought to be nothing whatever but community force organized, not to be an instrument of oppression and mutual plunder among citizens, but, on the contrary, to guarantee to each his own, and to cause justice and security to reign.

— Frederic Bastiat, "Government" [1848]
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** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 28, 2020
Judicial Tyranny in the Drug War ([link removed])
If you still have any doubts about the tyranny of the federal government’s beloved “war on drugs,” perhaps the case of Juan Carlos Seresi, Vahe Andonian, and Nazareth Andonian will remove them. Back in 1991, a federal judge named William D. Keller sentenced these three men to 500 years in jail for a non-violent drug offense—i.e., laundering drug money. Yes, you read that ...
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Life and Liberty under the Pandemic ([link removed])
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Understanding the JFK Assassination ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
with Roy Miller
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‘I Pity The Fool’: Mr. Max Boot on Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy ‘A-Team’ ([link removed])
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Biden Wants to Return to a ‘Normal’ Foreign Policy. That’s the Problem. ([link removed])
by Emma Ashford
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The USA: Global Leader in Election Interference Abroad and Now at Home ([link removed])
by Melvin A. Goodman
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A Time That Tries Men's Souls ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
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by Steven Horwitz
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A Question of Motives ([link removed])
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Libertarian Institute
Is the Amazon Really a Market Failure? ([link removed])
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The New Deal and Recovery, Part 8: The NRA ([link removed])
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