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It’s Time to Call Off the War on Drugs

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MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023
The true principles of our Constitution… are wisely opposed to all perpetuations of power, and to every practice which may lead to hereditary establishments.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Messrs. Bloodgood and Hammond [1809]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
March 13, 2023

A Cruddy and Dangerous Monetary System
For a long time now, I have been maintaining that America’s cruddy monetary system was headed toward a crack-up. Of course, it’s always impossible to predict the exact timing of such a crack-up but it’s not difficult to predict that at some point in time, the crack-up will occur. For a long time now, we have seen out-of-control federal spending on the welfare-warfare …
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by Allyson Anderson
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ECONOMICS
Ford’s Pay Hike: It Wasn’t About Profit
by Donald J. Boudreaux
Pittsburgh Tribune
IRAQ
The American War from Hell, 20 Years Later
by Juan Cole
Tom Dispatch
THE FREE SOCIETY
The Betrayers of Julian Assange
by John Pilger
Counterpunch
THE FREE MARKET
Welcome to the Age of Political Capitalism
by Veronique de Rugy
Creators
MONETARY POLICY
The Silicon Valley Bank Bailout
by Editorial
Wall Street Journal
TAXATION
Taxes Have Made New York Into an Empire of Cigarette Smuggling
by Todd Nesbit and Michael LaFaive
Wall Street Journal
FOREIGN POLICY
Nord Stream Attack – ‘Officials’ Throw More Chaff To Hide The Real Perpetrators
by Moon of Alabama
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
How Government’s Excessive Reliance on Plea Deals Can Undermine Justice
by George F. Will
Washington Post
Virginia Finally Curbs Solitary Confinement — But Not Enough
Editorial
Washington Post

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