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** WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
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Here [America] men would attempt to build society on new foundations. Applying for the first time theories either previously unknown or deemed inapplicable, they would stage for the world a spectacle for which nothing in the history of the past had prepared it.
– Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America ([link removed]) [1835]


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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September 11, 2019
Why Gen Zers and Millennials Support Socialism ([link removed])
Public-opinion polls reflect that large numbers of Americans in their 20s and 30s (i.e., Gen Z and millennials) support socialism. When one considers the indoctrination to which these young Americans have been subjected in their state-run educational systems, their preference for socialism actually makes sense. From the first grade, American students are indoctrinated with the notion ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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THE FREE SOCIETY
The Bill of Rights Turns 230, and What Do We Have to Show for It? Nothing Good ([link removed])
by John W. Whitehead
The Future of Freedom Foundation
IRAN
The Real Toll of US Sanctions on Iran (audio) ([link removed])
by Melissa Etehad with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
The Stubborn Persistence of Failed Maximum Pressure Against Iran ([link removed])
by Paul R. Pillar
Lobe Log
FREE TRADE
New Data Show the Trade War’s Mounting Costs ([link removed])
by Max Gulker
AIER
IMMIGRATION
American Barbarity on the Border ([link removed])
by Michael Nigro
Truthdig
TAXATION
With Their ‘Wealth Tax’ Plan, Democrats Put A Bull’s Eye On Those Without It ([link removed])
by John Tamny
Forbes
AFGHANISTAN
Highly-Placed Leakers, Swamp Creatures Blast Trump-Taliban Deal ([link removed])
by Barbara Boland
American Conservative
U.S. MILITARY
The Trillion-Dollar Military Still Isn’t Enough for the War Party ([link removed])
by Ryan McMaken
Mises Institute
Guantánamo Court And Prison Have Cost Billions; Whistleblower Alleges ‘Gross’ Waste ([link removed])
by Sacha Pfeiffer
NPR
REGULATION
The Bootleggers and Baptists Strike Again ([link removed])
by Bruce Yandle
Washington Examiner


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