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Only Sweden Had the Right COVID-19 Response

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
The two notions–one to regulate things by a committee of control, and the other to let things regulate themselves by the conflict of interests between free men–are diametrically opposed; and the former is corrupting to free institutions, because men who are taught to expect Government inspectors to come and take care of them lose all true education in liberty.
– William Graham Sumner, What Social Classes Owe to Each Other [1883]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG
September 8, 2023
The CIA’s Continued Secrecy on Chile and JFK
On August 31, the Nation magazine published an article entitled “Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide,” which details the CIA’s continued steadfast insistence on keeping its records secret that relate to the agency’s 1970-1973 efforts to bring regime change to Chile.  The CIA’s continued secrecy, of course, brings to mind the agency’s equally steadfast insistence on keeping …
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