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** FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2020
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Though freedom and wealth are both good things which most of us desire and though we often need both to obtain what we wish, they still remain different. Whether or not I am my own master and can follow my own choice and whether the possibilities from which I must choose are many or few are two entirely different questions. The courtier living in the lap of luxury but at the beck and call of his prince may be much less free than a poor peasant or artisan, less able to live his own life and to choose his own opportunities for usefulness.
– Friedrich A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty [1960]
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** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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December 11, 2020
The National Security Establishment Is In Charge ([link removed])
In the debate over whether a recently retired military man, Gen. Lloyd Austin, should be secretary of defense, the New York Times published an editorial yesterday emphasizing the importance of “civilian control” over the military. How quaint! Never mind that Times, by its own admission, endorsed President Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Gen. James Mattis. The Times ...
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity ([link removed])
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