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** FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2021
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An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens....There has never been a moment of my life in which I should have relinquished for it the enjoyments of my family, my farm, my friends and books.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Melish [January 13, 1813]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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December 9, 2021
The Way Out of the Statist Morass ([link removed])
Given the seemingly intractable welfare-warfare system that characterizes the United States, it might be tempting for some people to despair and simply give up and surrender to what might appear to be the inevitable -- the permanent continuation of our lives as serfs on the welfare-warfare state plantation. After all, Americans have lived under a welfare state since the 1930s, when President Franklin ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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SOCIALISM
American Cities Are Socialist Nightmares ([link removed])
by Scott McPherson
The Future of Freedom Foundation
FOREIGN POLICY
Economic Incentives Matter: Especially When It Comes to Defense ([link removed])
by Doug Bandow
AIER
The Growing Tension at the Russia-Ukrainian Border ([link removed])
by Gilbert Doctorow with
Scott Horton
The Scott Horton Show
THE FREE SOCIETY
Adam Smith on Self-Deceit ([link removed])
by Daniel Klein
Adam Smith Works
CONSTITUTION
Understanding the Constitution: The 14th Amendment Part II ([link removed])
by Rob Natelson
Tenth Amendment Center
FFF
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by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
Australia Has Sacrificed Julian Assange to the United States ([link removed])
by Saskia Peachey
Jacobin
IMMIGRATION
Before Pearl Harbor, L.A. Was Home to Thriving Japanese communities. Here’s What They Were LIke ([link removed])
by Patt Morrison
Los Angeles Times
U.S. MILITARY
'Reckless Misuse of Resources': House Approves $778 Billion Military Budget ([link removed])
by Jake Johnson
Common Dreams
MONETARY POLICY
An Unnecessary Evil: How Canada ended up Insuring Bank Deposits ([link removed])
by George Selgin
Alt-M
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