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** MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021
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War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things. Only economic action has created the wealth around us; labor, not the profession of arms, brings happiness. Peace builds, war destroys.
– Ludwig von Mises, Socialism ([link removed]) [1922]
** THE NATIONAL-SECURITY STATE AND
THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
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The national-security establishment’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy was one of the pivotal events in our lifetime, and it continues to have an adverse impact on American life today. This conference will be oriented toward people who are not well-versed in the assassination and who wish to gain a deeper understanding of it.
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** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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May 26, 2021
The Washington Post's Newest Attack on VMI ([link removed])
Yesterday, the editorial board of the Washington Post went on the attack again against Virginia Military Institute, claiming, among other things, that VMI “has an obligation to take seriously disturbing revelations in reporting by the Post.” Well, there is nothing like adding a bit of pomposity and arrogance to a controversy. Who died and made the Washington Post a standard with which people ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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DRUG WAR
[link removed] The Continuing Disaster of the U.S. Drug War in Latin America ([link removed])
by Ted Galen Carpenter
The Future of Freedom Foundation
FOREIGN POLICY
My Son Was Killed in Iraq 14 Years Ago — Who’s Responsible? ([link removed])
by Andrew Bacevich
Boston Globe
The United States Is a Serial Nuclear Aggressor Whose Moral Bankruptcy Threatens World Peace ([link removed])
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Strategic Culture Foundation
Intelligence and Ideology: the Exaggeration of the Threat ([link removed])
by Melvin A. Goodman
Counterpunch
ECONOMICS
Jason Riley on the Legacy of Thomas Sowell and Its Importance to Our Future ([link removed])
by Jason Riley with Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors
American Enterprise Institute
MILITARISM
Memorial Day: Remembering the Political Lies that Spurred Mass Killing ([link removed])
by James Bovard
Libertarian Institute
THE FREE MARKET
A Rorschach Test for Wealth Inequality Worriers ([link removed])
by James Pethokoukis
American Enterprise Institute
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
The Persecution of Daniel Hale ([link removed])
by John Kiriakou with Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
THE FREE SOCIETY
Failure to Launch and UBI ([link removed])
by David Henderson
Library of Economics & Liberty
PROTECTIONISM
Biden’s Lumber Protectionism is Commercial Quarantine ([link removed])
by Peter C. Earle
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