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A Tsunami Approaches

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2024

Freedom cannot be won without sacrifice. If you set a high value on her, everything else must be valued at little.

–  Seneca, Letters from a Stoic [circa 65 AD]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG

October 28, 2024
No One Is Coming to Get Us
In a national-security state, fear is the coin of the realm. The United States is no exception. In order to justify its continued existence and its ever-growing power and tax-funded largess, the U.S. national-security establishment — i.e., the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA — must keep the American people afraid, tense, agitated, and nervous. That necessarily means presenting us with a constant array of…
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EXPLORE FREEDOM

IMMIGRATION
The Case for Open Borders: Benjamin Powell
by Benjamin Powell
Foundation for Economic Education
It’s Time to Tell the Truth About How Immigration Affects the U.S. Economy
by Christopher Tang
Los Angeles Times
The Case for Open Borders
by John Washington with
Reece Jones
Political Research Associates
FREE TRADE
The Data Don’t Lie, and Tariffs Don’t Work
by Donald Boudreaux and
Phil Gramm
Wall Street Journal
FOREIGN POLICY
Multicultural Militarism
by W.J. Astore
Bracing Views
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Ian Freeman’s Unjust Conviction
by Jacob Hornberger with
Ernest Hancock
Freedom’s Phoenix
The Anchor of Republican Justice
by Jeffrey Bristol
Law & Liberty
THE FREE SOCIETY
History Rhymes: Freedom from Fear
by James Bovard
Brownstone Institute
HEALTHCARE
A Flawed Case for Centrally Planned Health Insurance
by David R. Henderson
I Blog to Differ
REGULATION
Regulators Reflexively Try to Strangle Disruptive Tech. Now It’s AI’s Turn.
by George F. Will
Washington Post

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