As for the state, it never entered an Athenian’s head that it could interfere with his private life: that it could see, for instance, that his children were taught to be patriotic, or limit the amount of liquor he could buy, or compel him to save for his old age. Everything like that a citizen of Athens had to decide himself and take full responsibility for.
– Edith Hamilton, The Greek Way [1930] |
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November 29, 2023
Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
If your doctor gets the diagnosis wrong, it is almost certain that he’s going to get the prescription wrong. If he concludes, for example, that your stomach ache is nothing more than indigestion, when the problem actually is cancer, the medicine he prescribes is probably not going to do you much good. The same holds true for diagnoses for ailments that afflict the … |
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America’s National-Security State
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The following is a nonverbatim transcript of a talk that I delivered on September 1, 2023, at the young scholar’s segment of the annual … |
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Reform, Replace, or Repeal?
by Laurence M. Vance
The U.S. government is a monstrosity. With its four million employees and annual budget approaching $7 trillion, there is no other way to describe … |
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