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Freedom News Digest: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022-Thank You, Mr. President, for Lengthening My Leash

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What, then, do they want a government for? Not to regulate commerce; not to educate the people; not to teach religion, not to administer charity; not to make roads and railways; but simply to defend the natural rights of man — to protect person and property — to prevent the aggressions of the powerful upon the weak — in a word, to administer justice. This is the natural, the original, office of a government. It was not intended to do less: it ought not to be allowed to do more.
— Herbert Spencer, “The Proper Sphere of Government” [1843]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
October 25, 2022

Thank You, Mr. President, for Lengthening My Leash
Three weeks ago, President Biden issued a mass pardon for people convicted of federal marijuana possession. His leftist supporters praised and glorified him for his act of extreme compassion and generosity. Never mind that there was no one incarcerated in a federal penitentiary for simple possession of marijuana. Never mind that Biden’s pardon didn’t extend to people serving time in the federal pen …
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