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** MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2019
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We ask of the State and Society only one thing -- a fair field and no favors … a strict cutting out of all paternalistic activities, and the unfaltering insistence that government shall really perform its basic and fundamental duty, the protection of the individual citizen from violence and interference.
– Hanford Henderson, The Freeman ([link removed]) [July 1956]


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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December 23, 2019
Another U.S. Soldier Dies for Nothing in Afghanistan ([link removed])
If the latest U.S. soldier just killed in Afghanistan, as yet unidentified, was married, I can’t help but wonder what U.S. officials are going to say to his (or her) spouse and possibly children when they offer her the flag that draped his casket at his funeral. “He died protecting our freedom.” Or “He died for enduring freedom in Afghanistan.” Or “He ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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PATERNALISM
The Perils and Pitfalls of Political Paternalism ([link removed])
by Richard M. Ebeling
The Future of Freedom Foundation
WAR ON TERRORISM
Would Lindsey Graham Have Sent Richard Jewell To Gitmo? ([link removed])
by Jack Hunter
American Conservative
FOREIGN POLICY
Thinking about Restraint with John Quincy Adams ([link removed])
by Patrick Lynch
Law & Liberty
NATO Should Be Dissolved ([link removed])
by Medea Benjamin
Truthdig
SOCIALISM
Economic Freedom versus the Negative Effects of Socialism ([link removed])
by Richard W. Rahn
Washington Times
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Help Us Spread Pure Principles of Liberty ([link removed])
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
ECONOMICS
The Case Against Oren Cass ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
AIER
AFGHANISTAN
Learning Nothing From The Ghost Of Congress Past ([link removed])
by Andrew J. Bacevich
American Conservative
GUN CONTROL
The Futility of Gun Regulations ([link removed])
by John R. Lott, Jr.
Townhall
DRUG WAR
More Americans Facing Murder Charges in Drug Deaths ([link removed])
by Tana Ganeva
Truthdig


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