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** TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023
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The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Colonel Edward Carrington [1787]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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January 24, 2023
How the Constitution Constrained Federal Spending and Debt ([link removed])
Given that the debt-ceiling debate is likely to continue for a few months, examining the Constitution provides us with the reasons our nation has been plunged into this monetary morass. Federal officials have now run up the federal government’s debt to more than $31.5 trillion. That’s a lot of money. And it’s also a lot of interest payments. Too much debt ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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CIVIL LIBERTIES
The Historical Foundation of Civil Liberties, Part 3 ([link removed])
by Tom G. Palmer
Future of Freedom Foundation
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On the Primacy of the Consumer-Welfare Standard ([link removed])
by Donald J. Boudreaux
AIER
Don Lavoie and Central Planning ([link removed])
by Peter Boettke with
Juliette Sellgren
The Great Antidote
NATIONAL SECURITY STATE
President Deep State? ([link removed])
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American Thinker
JFK
Mexican President Aided CIA in Oswald Surveillance, UVA Researchers Find ([link removed])
by Jefferson Morley
JFK Facts
CIA
In Praise of Dr. David Mantik’s New JFK Assassination Book! ([link removed])
by Douglas Horne
VincePalamara.com
FISCAL POLICY
Debt Ceiling Hysteria and Hypocrisy ([link removed])
by Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute
CONSTITUTION
The Living Constitution’s Illimitable Government ([link removed])
by David A. Eisenberg
Law & Liberty
FOREIGN POLICY
Sleepwalking Toward Biden’s War with China ([link removed])
by John Lander with John Henry
Committee for the Republic
Reviewing Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars ([link removed])
by Tim Bettis
Strategy Bridge
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