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** WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
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However little it may often appear to be true, the social world is governed in the long run by certain moral principles on which the people at large believe. The only moral principle which has ever made the growth of an advanced civilisation possible was the principle of individual freedom, which means that the individual is guided in his decisions by rules of just conduct and not by specific commands. No principle of collective conduct which bind the individual can exist in a society of free men. What we have achieved we owe to securing to the individuals the chance of creating for themselves a protected domain (their property) within which they can use their abilities for their own purposes" (LLL, Vol. 3, p 151-2).
-- Friedrich A. Hayek, Law, Legislation, and Liberty Vol. 3 [1979]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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September 16, 2020
The Siren Song of Social Security and Socialism ([link removed])
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the democratic election of Chilean President Salvador Allende and President Richard Nixon’s order to oust him from power. From that point on, the CIA did everything it could to ensure that Allende did not make it to the next presidential election. The CIA’s efforts ultimately resulted in the 1973 military coup that left Allende ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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ECONOMICS
Disaggregating Keynes Demonstrates Macro Delusions ([link removed])
by Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
Why Do Basketball Players Make More Than Teachers? ([link removed])
by Michael Munger
AIER
CIVIL LIBERTIES
A “Persistent Eye in the Sky” Coming to a City Near You? ([link removed])
by Medea Benjamin
and Barry Summers
Common Dreams
Trump’s Shredding of Civil Liberties Won’t Stop With Antifa ([link removed])
by Michelle Goldberg
New York Times
WORLD WAR II
The Wholesale Slaughter of Japanese Civilians in WWII ([link removed])
by Josiah Lippincott
with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
CONSTITUTION
Unconstitutional!’ Federal Court Judge Shreds Pennsylvania Covid Shutdown ([link removed])
by Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams
Ron Paul Liberty Report
Federal Court Holds “Stay-at-Home” Orders and Mandatory Business Closures Unconstitutional ([link removed])
by Stacey Rudin
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FOREIGN POLICY
Trump Is Right To Be Antiwar ([link removed])
by Doug Bandow
American Conservative
Extreme Option: Overthrow Allende ([link removed])
by National Security Archive
Are the Forever Wars Really Ending? ([link removed])
by Patrick J. Buchanan
Antiwar.com
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