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** WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
– Lord Acton, The History of Freedom and Other Essays [1907]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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March 15, 2023
The Federal Reserve Is the Root Cause of the Banking Crisis ([link removed])
The Justice Department has announced it is investigating the banking crisis. It will undoubtedly charge that banking officials are responsible for the crisis. One thing is for sure: It will not indict the Federal Reserve System, which is the root cause of the crisis. In fact, in its search for scapegoats, it will not even acknowledge the Fed’s role in the crisis. That’s ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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FOREIGN POLICY
The Incalculable Moral Cost of Proxy Wars ([link removed])
by Stephen Kinzer
Boston Globehttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/03/09/opinion/incalculable-moral-cost-proxy-wars/
Ukraine: U.S. Military Aid Exceeds Costs of Afghanistan ([link removed])
by Martin Armstrong
Statistahttps://www.statista.com/chart/29375/us-military-aid-to-ukraine-compared-to-past-wars/
The Drums Of War With China Are Beating Much Louder Now ([link removed])
by Caitlin Johnstone
Caitlin’s Newsletterhttps://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/the-drums-of-war-with-china-are-beating?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=82124&post_id=108056126&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email
IRAQ
We Revisited Iraq Veterans 20 Years Later: “I Don’t Know How to Explain the War to Myself” ([link removed])
by Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/opinion/iraq-war-veterans.html
CIA
Murder of Anti-Vietnam War Monk Thomas Merton in 1968 Was a CIA Hit, New Book Argues ([link removed])
by Phillip F. Nelson
Covert Action Magazinehttps://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/03/09/murder-of-anti-vietnam-war-monk-thomas-merton-in-1968-was-a-cia-hit-linked-with-assassinations-of-jfk-rfk-and-mlk-new-book-argues/?mc_cid=c995b25185&mc_eid=373ddd5fe1
MONETARY POLICY
The Silicon Valley Bank Rescue Isn’t What Glass and Steagall Had in Mind ([link removed])
by Roger Lowenstein
New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/opinion/silicon-valley-bank-rescue-glass-steagall-act.html
About Those ‘Safe’ Silicon Valley Bank Treasurys ([link removed])
by Editorial
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-bank-treasurys-regulators-fdic-5df0cdbf?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
Looming Bank Failures Point to More Price Inflation as Real Wages Fall Again ([link removed])
by Ryan McMaken
Mises Institutehttps://mises.org/wire/looming-bank-failures-point-more-price-inflation-real-wages-fall-again
IMMIGRATION
A Trump-like Border Wall Is About to Be Built — Unless Biden Stops It ([link removed])
by Jean Guerrerro
Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-02-27/border-wall-united-states-mexico-biden-trump-immigration
EMINENT DOMAIN
A Tavern Keeper’s Last Stand at the Alamo ([link removed])
by Liz Wolfe, Zach Weissmueller; and Danielle Thompson
Reasonhttps://reason.com/video/2023/03/01/a-tavern-keepers-last-stand-at-the-alamo/
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