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The Police State Is America’s New Crime Boss

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025
I was in Europe when the Constitution was planned, and never saw it till after it was established. On receiving it, I wrote strongly to Mr. Madison, urging the want of provision for… an express reservation to the States of all rights not specifically granted to the Union.
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Joseph Priestley [1802]

 

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The Failure and Fallacy of Central Planning
Ironically, two seemingly unrelated articles in today’s New York Times reflect much of what is wrong with the United States, at least in an economic sense. One op-ed, titled “The Tragedy of Joe Biden,” is by Peter Coy, a regular columnist for the Times. The other one, titled “A Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess” is a Times editorial. In his article, …
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