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MP3 of Today’s Ernie Hancock Interview on Freedom & Its Enemies
Ernie Hancock was at his dynamic best for this morning’s show. It is always a mistake to drink decaf before going on the air with Ernie. I appreciate his hearty laugh and his boundless faith in...
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Cartoonist Inspiring Obama’s Syria Policy?
Does this great cartoon from last week’s New Yorker reveal Obama’s secret strategy for Syria? With today’s outlawing of the Muslim Brotherhood, this cartoon would not play well in Cairo. The post...
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Hillary Clinton’s Legacy: Democracy in Egypt
A front page Washington Post piece revealed today that Hillary Clinton is racing to finish her memoir so that she can define her legacy in time for her 2016 presidential run. Shortly after Hillary...
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Voting Rights as Bogus Panaceas
From the Future of Freedom Foundation (October 2013) VOTING RIGHTS AS BOGUS PANACEAS by James Bovard The Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act last June. “Liberals” were...
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Public Policy Hooligan Reviewed by San Diego’s Bob Sale
Bob Sale, a Canadian drummer living in San Diego, kindly posted a review of Public Policy Hooligan on Amazon yesterday: Memoirs of A(nother) Superfluous Man It’s always a joy and personally helpful...
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CIA Caught Spying on Congress? Time for Another Obama “Trust Government” Speech
McClatchy News Service reports that the CIA reportedly was caught spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee. This is the type of story that, served along with breakfast, is even better than a Dunkin...
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Nashville Tennessean Denounces My Cynicism
An editorial headlined, “Your Time is Coming – Make it Count” in Sunday’s Nashville Tennessean denounced my bad attitude: Staunch libertarian James Bovard cynically decries efforts to promote...
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Wash. Times: “Truth Will Prevail”– a Costly Govt. Fairy Tale
Washington Times, April 25, 2014 BOVARD: ‘Truth will prevail’ — a costly government fairy tale by James Bovard The Supreme Court heard lawyers wrangle Tuesday over an Ohio law that criminalizes false...
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New Republic Gets Libertarians All Wrong
I don’t know about other political skeptics, but I certainly don’t recognize myself in this New Republic portrayal of folks who distrust the government. I’ve never taken an AR-15 to bed even when I...
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Coming Soon? America’s Tomb of the Unknown Democracy
This Tom Toles’ cartoon from the Wash. Post nicely captures the latest election absurdities in Egypt. We don’t have ancient pyramids in this country, but the ruling class is similarly imposing layer...
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Carnage and Coverups: the 150th Anniversary of Cold Harbor
On this day 150 years ago, General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia had their last great victory over the Army of Potomac. General Grant was convinced that the Southerners were whupped and that he...
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My Wash. Times Op-Ed: Obama’s Toxic Secrecy-Censorship Combo
Washington Times, June 5, 2014 Caught between secrecy and censorship Americans need a free press to tell them when the Constitution is trampled by James Bovard Last Monday, the Supreme Court provided...
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Virginians Evict Eric Cantor, Champion of NSA and Torture, from Congress
The Washington political establishment took a whupping last night when Virginian voters staunchly defeated Eric Cantor in the Republican congressional primary. Cantor’s defeat is one of the biggest...
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My Rollicking Interview with Mises Institute President Jeff Deist
I had a lively chat yesterday with Mises Institute President Jeff Deist regarding Hayek, Mencken, Washington venality, the Great Books, that bastard Nixon, and some of my muckraking over the past...
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My Wash. Times Op-Ed: Obama’s Democracy Flim-Flam
WASHINGTON TIMES June 20, 2014 How Obama whoops up democracy The president blunders by thinking voting alone will keep people safe by James Bovard As his foreign policy becomes more bollixed by the...
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USA Today: An FDA War on Cheap Cigars?
USA Today June 22, 2014 Cigar smokers, watch out: Column by James Bovard Does FDA really believe that only those who can afford ‘premiums’ should be exempt? During Woodrow Wilson’s presidency,...
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Wash. Times: Americans’ Fading Love of Freedom
Washington Times July 21, 2014 Sweet land of growing indifference An angry passion for freedom begins to fade by James Bovard Tea Party protesters and some Republicans are portraying the federal...
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New Review of Attention Deficit Democracy
Joe’s Book Blog reviewed Attention Deficit Democracy earlier this week. I much appreciate the reviewer’s thoughtful analysis and kind words. * If folks see reviews of Attention Deficit Democracy or my...
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Wall St. Journal: Sheridan’s 1864 Torching of the Shenandoah Valley
WALL STREET JOURNAL, June 26, 2014 Violence, Chaos and the Expansion of Government Power in 1864 Gen. Grant’s order to turn the Shenandoah Valley into a ‘desert’ signaled an unsettling new chapter in...
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Elections as Execution Day for Rights & Liberties
President Obama and a heap of other politicians are imploring us to view voting as the ultimate expression of our freedom and self-government. The reality is that the vast majority of politicians will...
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