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** THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021
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Government intervention dams up and diverts the energies of the people; freedom releases them to constructive purposes.
– Clarence B. Carson


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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October 14, 2021
Major League Baseball: How Regulation Suppresses Free Speech ([link removed])
With the baseball playoffs upon us, now would be a good time to talk about how economic regulation suppresses free speech. Major league baseball — and, specifically, its exemption from federal antitrust laws — provides a good example of this phenomenon....
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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CIVIL RIGHTS
[link removed] Civil Liberties and Economic Freedom ([link removed])
by Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
JFK
The JFK Records Act: Will There Be a Final Chapter? ([link removed])
by Garland Branch Eliot Sperling and Natalie Gonzalez
UVA Center for Politicshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/the-jfk-records-act-will-there-be-a-final-chapter/
FOREIGN POLICY
How the US Got Mired in the Middle East ([link removed])
by Andrew J. Bacevich with Martin Di Caro
Washington Timeshttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/13/history-it-happens-how-us-got-mired-middle-east/
IMMIGRATION
A Secretive Counterterrorism Team Interrogated Dozens of Citizens at the Border ([link removed])
by Dara Lind
Pro Publicahttps://www.propublica.org/article/a-secretive-counterterrorism-team-interrogated-dozens-of-citizens-at-the-border-government-report-finds
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
End the 1917 Espionage Act ([link removed])
by John Kendall Hawkins
Counterpunchhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/08/end-the-1917-espionage-act/
TORTURE
Lies and Torture Cover-Up: U.S. State Secrets Doctrine Is a Fraud ([link removed])
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Washington Times
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Virginians Deserve to Hear the Truth About Qualified Immunity ([link removed])
by Patrick Jaicomo and Chad Reese
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/08/virginians-deserve-hear-truth-about-qualified-immunity/
MONETARY POLICY
When Inflation Hits the Dollar Stores, That’s a Big Problem ([link removed])
by Patrice Onwuka
Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/13/when-inflation-hits-dollar-stores-thats-big-problem/
U.S. MILITARY
My War on Terror, Up Close and Personal ([link removed])
by Andrea Mazzarino
Tom Dispatchhttps://tomdispatch.com/eyes-are-always-on-you/
The Defense Budget Should Shrink In Response to the End of the War, But We Are Seeing an Increase Instead ([link removed])
by Connor Mortell
antiwar.comhttps://original.antiwar.com/Connor_Mortell/2021/10/08/the-defense-budget-should-shrink-in-response-to-the-end-of-the-war-but-we-are-seeing-an-increase-instead/


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** EVENTS
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FFF Civil Liberties Conference ([link removed])
Every Tuesday at 7pm EST through November 16
Online via Zoom
Speakers: Tom Palmer, Stephen Halbrook, Jim Bovard, Michael Glennon, Richard Ebeling, Jonathan Turley, Andrew Napolitano, Ron Paul, and Jacob Hornberger
The Libertarian Angle ([link removed])
Thursday, October 21, 2021
World Wide Web
Speaker: Jacob Hornberger
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Saturday and Sunday November 20-21, 2021
World Wide Web
Speakers: Andrew Kreig, Dr. Cyril Wecht, Russ Baker, James Wagenvoord, Jacob Hornberger, Tink Thompson, Gary Aguilar, and others.


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