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30 Years Later, Waco is Still Damning

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2023
It’s unfortunate that while many are quick to demand that guns be taken away from peaceful Americans, they don’t seem to have much to say about guns when they’re in the hands of government authorities shooting innocent people.
– Ron Paul, “More Gun Violence? Let’s Look Beyond Politics” [2018]

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April 19, 2023

How Can Force Entail Compassion?
One of the things I have long found fascinating about America’s welfare-state way of life is how so many people say that it reflects that Americans are a compassionate people. I just don’t get that. The welfare state is based on forcibly taking money from people and giving it to other people who are purportedly in need of the money. How can force …
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