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The Drug War: An Irrational Crusade

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SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2023
Libertarians above all others should never shrink from criticizing the abuses that foreign clients of the US government commit. An unwillingness to do that makes such individuals willing tools of an unprincipled and extremely dangerous foreign policy.
– Ted Galen Carpenter, “Libertarian Apologists for Ukraine’s Authoritarianism” [2023]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
June 1, 2023

What Debt Ceiling?
Statists all across the United States, especially those within the mainstream press, are uncorking their champagne bottles today and celebrating the newest deal that lifts the debt ceiling. Predictably, the political strategy of crying “Default! Default! Default!” succeeded spectacularly, just as it does every time. In fact, it worked so well that this time Congress decided to not even set a new ceiling. …
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