Man is an individual being. Man is also a social being. His material success — even his existence — depends on the progress of others. Yet, man’s fortunes and existence depend also on himself. In some respects he is tied to others, but in most respects he must be freed from others.
– Leonard E. Read, Preface to Essays on Liberty Vol. I [1952]
May 3, 2022
The One Positive Side of the Drug War
There is no question but that the war on drugs has produced death, suffering, ruination of lives, official corruption (i.e., bribery), violence, gang wars, drug cartels, drug lords, overfilled prisons, destruction of civil liberties, kidnappings, arbitrary seizure of assets, wasteful bureaucracies, and other nasty consequences. In fact, it is impossible to come up with any positive consequence of the drug war … except …
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There Is No Federal Solution
by Laurence M. Vance
The twentieth century in the United States can certainly be characterized by the massive increase in federal solutions to right every wrong, correct every … |
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