THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023
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Government grants are eventually followed by government restrictions, and dependence often turns into submission.The ultimate victim of handouts could be democracy itself: politicians cannot undermine self-reliance without subverting self-government.
– James Bovard, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty [2023] |
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December 14, 2023
Blowback and Russia’s Arrest of Evan Gershkovich
In a press conference yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Russia desires to “reach an agreement” with respect to the return to the United States of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The reporter has been incarcerated for 250 days since his arrest for espionage against Russia. Ever since his arrest, both the Journal and the U.S. government have vehemently denied … |
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Is Free Speech a Relic in America?
by James Bovard
Is the First Amendment becoming a historic relic? On July 4, 2023, federal judge Terry Doughty condemned the Biden administration for potentially “the most … |
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Conservatives, Skittles, and Drugs
by Laurence M. Vance
Conservatives have been fairly quiet about the new law in California that bans certain additives used in candy and other foods, though not because … |
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Tyranny Comes to Main Street
by James Bovard
The following is the first chapter of the new book by James Bovard, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty. Americans today … |
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