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** MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
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[T]he legislator, according to the ideas of the ancients, bears the same relation to mankind as the potter does to clay. Unfortunately, when this idea prevails, nobody wants to be the clay, and everyone wants to be the potter.
– Frederic Bastiat, "Academic Degrees and Socialism ([link removed]) ” [1848]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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September 9, 2019
The Pentagon's Upcoming Kangaroo Show Trial in Cuba ([link removed])
After 18 years, there is a possibility that the Pentagon is finally going to permit a “trial” of five men who are accused of conspiracy to commit the 9/11 attacks. If so, the proceedings will prove what a charade the Pentagon’s entire “judicial system” at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been and continues to be. In fact, the trial, if it is even permitted to ...
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Why Republicans Are Powerless against Socialism ([link removed])
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The Future of Freedom Foundation
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Government Cannot Select the Right Immigrants ([link removed])
by Vincent Geloso
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Red Flag Laws to Fight Mass Shootings? ([link removed])
by Jim DeMint
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Katharine Gun’s Heroism and Joe Biden’s Villainy (audio) ([link removed])
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The Most Consequential Whistleblower Who Wasn’t ([link removed])
by Robert Scheer
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Three Critical Economic Realities ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
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Price Gouging Laws Are Knowledge Embargoes That Should Be Repealed ([link removed])
by Art Carden
Forbes
Price Gouging’ During Natural Disasters Isn’t a Problem — It’s a Solution ([link removed])
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe
COLD WAR
Demythologizing the Roots of the New Cold War ([link removed])
by Ted Snider
Antiwar.com
AFGHANISTAN
Profiles in Absurdity: Remembering the ‘Terror’ Wars ([link removed])
by Danny Sjursen
Antiwar.com
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