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Those proponents of liberty who advocate the voucher system fail to recognize that, in so doing, they are giving an implicit endorsement to a principle that they profess to oppose. The fundamental premise of the voucher plan is identical to that underlying the present system of state education. The coercive power of the state (which in the final analysis means the threat or use of the gun) will still be used to seize the property of private individuals in the name of an undefinable public good.
— Robert Patton, The Freeman (April 1971)


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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August 3, 2022
Celebrating Another Assassination ([link removed])
U.S. officials, U.S. interventionists, and U.S. proponents of the “global war on terror” are celebrating yet another state-sponsored assassination, this one of 71-year old al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was accused of helping to orchestrate the attacks on September 11 more than 20 years ago. The assassination took place by drone in Kabul, Afghanistan, without the consent of the Taliban government, which has ...
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THE FREE SOCIETY
Libertarianism, Birth Control, and Religious Accommodations ([link removed])
by Laurence M. Vance
Future of Freedom Foundationhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/29/brittney-griner-detention-improve-us-drug-laws/
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
Penal Assassination: The Gradual Effort to Kill Assange ([link removed])
by Binoy Kampmark
Counterpunchhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/01/penal-assassination-the-gradual-effort-to-kill-assange/
When The Just Go To Prison ([link removed])
by Chris Hedges
Scheer Posthttps://scheerpost.com/2022/08/01/when-the-just-go-to-prison/
WAR ON TERRORISM
The Killing of al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al Zawahiri Will Not Make Us Safer ([link removed])
by Phyllis Bennis
Common Dreamshttps://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/02/killing-al-qaeda-chief-ayman-al-zawahiri-will-not-make-us-safer
WORLD WAR II
The People in Hiroshima Didn’t Expect it Either ([link removed])
by David Swanson
Counterpunchhttps://www.counterpunch.org/2022/08/03/the-people-in-hiroshima-didnt-expect-it-either/
FOREIGN POLICY
Nancy Pelosi’s Utterly Reckless Election-Season Gambit ([link removed])
by David Stockman
Antiwar.comhttps://original.antiwar.com/David_Stockman/2022/08/02/nancy-pelosis-utterly-reckless-election-season-gambit/
Is Taiwan’s Independence Worth War? ([link removed])
by Patrick Buchanan
Creatorshttps://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/happy-110th-birthday-to-dr-milton-friedman/
GUN CONTROL
Second Amendment Protects Everyone, as 12 Examples of Defensive Gun Use Show ([link removed])
by Amy Swearer
Daily Signalhttps://www.dailysignal.com/2022/07/29/second-amendment-protects-everyone-as-12-examples-of-defensive-gun-use-show
Democrats Don’t Care Whether Banning “Assault Weapons” Is Constitutional ([link removed])
by Jacob Sullum
Creatorshttps://www.creators.com/read/jacob-sullum/08/22/democrats-dont-care-whether-banning-assault-weapons-is-constitutional-even-while-conceding-that-the-rifles-they-want-to-ban-are-commonly-used-for-lawful-purposes-they-refuse-to-grapple-with-the-implications
U.S. MILITARY
Tunisia and the Military-Industrial Complex ([link removed])
by Christian Sorensen
Antiwar.comhttps://original.antiwar.com/Christian_Sorensen/2022/08/02/tunisia-and-the-military-industrial-complex/


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