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Nov 20, 2006

Timely indeed

by Liberty and Power

I'm pleased and flattered that FEE has selected my essay from Sept 2003 on conscription for its daily "Timely Classic." You can be the judge of whether it's classic, but it's definitely timely, as Charles Rangel, now in the majority party, has reissued his call for enslavement, er, sorry, conscription.