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The Border Patrol’s ‘Constitution-Free’ Zone Is Probably Larger Than You Think by Tanvi Misra. Defense One

Tariffs are B-A-D Economics. (video) by Ben Stein. National Retail Federation

The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings by Lisa Hajjar. The Nation

The Legacy of Stop-and-Frisk in New York’s Marijuana Arrests by Editorial. New York Times

Who Will Trump’s New Iran Sanctions Hurt Most? Hint: It’s Not the Mullahs. by Jason Rezaian. Washington Post

Trump’s Only Possible Iran Strategy Is a Fantasy by Fareed Zakaria. Washington Post

Trump Has No Plan Left on Iran Other Than War by Jon Wiener. Nation

Entry into Canadian Banking, 1870-1935 by George Selgin. Alt-M

Will Congress Authorize Indefinite Detention of Americans? by Marjorie Cohn. Truthout

Deals by Clay Jones. GoComics.com

What Protects Americans’ Freedom? by Donald J. Boudreaux. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Two Interrogations, Gina Haspel and Adolf Eichmann by Brian Terrell. Common Dreams

A Torture Victim Says Gina Haspel Is ‘Ethically Ineligible’ to Be CIA Director by Nestor Fantini et al. Los Angeles Times

Mass ICE Raids Leave a Trail of Misery and Broken Communities by Alice Speri. The Intercept

ICE Is Terrorizing Immigrants. Now Some Communities Are Putting It On Trial. by John Washington. Talk Poverty

What Kind of Country Would Tear Apart and Lock Up Families Fleeing Violence in Their Homelands? Ours by Editorial. Los Angeles Times

Eating Without Borders in Nashville by Margaret Renid. New York Times

Surest Way to Face Marijuana Charges in New York: Be Black or Hispanic by Benjamin Mueller et al. New York Times

Illinois Police: Keep Pot Illegal — Or We’ll Kill the Dog by Radley Balko. Washington Post

Nominated by Clay Bennett. AAEC

Protectionism and Trade Barriers Aren’t Just Bad Economics – They’re Also Immoral by Daniel J. Ikenson. Cato Institute

On the Deaths of Iraqi Children Due to American Sanctions in the ’90s (audio) by Denis Halliday with Scott Horton. Scott Horton Show

The Grocery Store as an Indicator of American Progress by Steven Horwitz. Library of Economics and Liberty

The NSA Continues to Abuse Americans by Intercepting Their Telephone Calls by Ron Paul. Ron Paul Institute

The Solution to Canada’s Failed Universal Health Care System: Consumer and Physician Freedom by Lee Friday. Mises Institute

Obamacare Is Still with Us, and Getting Worse by Michael D. Tanner. Cato Institute

Don’t Poke the Dragon: War with China Would Be an Unnecessary Disaster by Danny Sjursen. Antiwar.com

Freedom Matters by Scott Lazarowitz. Scott Lazarowitz's Blog

The Utter Failure of America’s System of Indian Reservations by Ray Harvey. Mises Institute

The Second Amendment Is Here to Stay by K. Lloyd Billingsley. Independent Institute

The Truth About the Middle Class (video) by Donald J. Boudreaux. The Rubin Report

How America Benefits From World Trade by Jon Basil Utley. American Conservative

TGIF: A Public Choice Perspective on Trade by Sheldon Richman. Free Association

Senseless in Seattle by Richard A. Epstein. Hoover Institution

The United States Is a Country That Tortures People by Charles P. Pierce. Esquire

A Brief History of American Torture by Brett Wilkins. Counterpunch

Department of Offense by Danny Sjursen. Truthdig

JFK Files Reveal US Biological Warfare Plans Against Cuba by Jimmy Falls. Who.What.Why.

After Multiple Deployments, Coming Home to a Changed Country by John Q. Bolton. American Conservative

Here’s My Deal for Iran by Patrick Chappatte. New York Times

Washington Secrecy Is Creating a Know-Nothing Democracy by James Bovard. The Hill

The President Does Not Have Unlimited Power to Declare War by Bruce Fein. American Conservative

Economics and Minimum Wage (video) by Donald J. Boudreaux. The Rubin Report

Why Science and Experience Command That You Buy an ‘Assault Rifle’ by Kurt Schlichter. Townhall

The New York Times Forgets Why Government Workers Are ‘Middle Class’ by John Tamny. Real Clear Markets

Will a Torturer Become CIA Director? by Ray McGovern. Consortiumnews.com

Gina Haspel Debate Spotlights America’s Soul Sickness by John Kiriakou. Truthdig

JM Coetzee on Torture and Empire by Charles Pierson. Counterpunch

U.S. Hypocrisy Creates Perpetual Enemies and Forever War by Danny Sjursen. Truthdig

Recused by Drew Sheneman. GoComics.com

Before and After Welfare Handouts by Walter E. Williams. WalterEWilliams.com

Separating Migrant Children from Their Parents Is Outrageously Cruel — Even for the Trump Administration by Martina Ebert et al. Los Angeles Times

Why Restrict Immigration at All? (2007) by Becky Akers and Donald J. Boudreaux. Christian Science Monitor

Gina Haspel and How Torture Deceived Us Into Iraq by Lawrence Wilkerson. American Conservative

Lawyers Told Gina Haspel Torture Was Legal. But It Never Was. by Claire Finkelstein and Stephen N. Xenakis. New York Times

Gina Haspel: Torturers Should be Punished, not Promoted by Thomas Knapp. Counterpunch

The Hearings for Trump’s CIA Pick Should Prompt a Reckoning with Torture by Karen J. Greenberg. Vox

We Should Oppose Gina Haspel’s CIA Nomination Because of Her Torture Record by Katherine C. McKenzie and Christina Castellani. The Hill

Trump’s Decision on Iran Deal Spells Disaster for the Middle East by Cesar Chelala. Counterpunch

Deal’s Off! by Mike Luckovich. GoComics.com

Congress Moves to Give the President Unlimited War Powers by Rand Paul. American Conservative

Border Patrol Refuses to Return $41,000 Seized from Woman Who Hoped to Open Medical Clinic by Jack Crowe. National Review

The Forcible Separation of Migrant Children from Their Parents Is an American Disgrace by Marybeth Beck and Fred Fenton. Los Angeles Times

On Gina Haspel and Trump’s Apparent Ambitions to Become Torturer-in-Chief by Editorial. Los Angeles Times

The Conservative Case Against Gina Haspel by John Kiriakou. American Conservative

Trump’s Shameful Choice of ‘Bloody Gina’ by Robert Scheer . Truthdig

The Government’s Digital Loophole Through the Fourth Amendment by Richard Mason. American Conservative

My Own Allergic Reaction to Marxism by Cathy Young. Newsday

Brinkmanship by Jeff Thomas. International Man

Reaper of Socialism by Mike Lester. GoComics.com