Liberty. It’s a simple idea, but it’s also the linchpin of a complex system of values and practices: justice, prosperity, responsibility, toleration, cooperation, and peace. Many people believe that liberty is the core political value of modern civilization itself, the one that gives substance and form to all the other values of social life. They’re called libertarians.
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Friday, August 10, 2012
The Drug War Expands to Africa
Ignoring trillion-dollar annual budget deficits and a nearly
$16 trillion national debt , the American Empire is still growing.
The latest imperial foray is expanding the ineffectual U.S. drug war
into Africa to combat such smuggling into Europe. Yes, Europe. Not
only does the United States spend tens of billions of dollars a year
subsidizing the defense of rich European countries, it is now
swelling such welfare spending to include essentially financing a
drug war in Africa for Europe. Never mind that cocaine use is a
declining problem back home in the U.S.
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