On Veterans’ Day, Remember the Lies That Filled Military Cemeteries by James Bovard, November 11, 2025 [originally published 2018] Politicians will be heartily applauded for saluting American’s soldiers today. But if citizens had better memories, elected officials would instead be fleeing tar and feathers. Politicians have a long record of betraying the veterans they valorize. […]
nypost.com New York Post, November 9, 2025 Hunger games: The government shutdown showcases food-stamp fraud and follies James Bovard The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team Trump first offered to pay 50% of this month’s benefits, […]
TRUMP’S WAR ON TRUTH TELLERS By James Bovard Some folks who know my work presume that I am implacably opposed to all federal agencies. Not true. I have always appreciated federal agencies who exposed the waste, fraud, abuse, and brazen lies committed by politicians and bureaucrats. The Trump administration has warred against such truth tellers […]
Prior to the 2012 election, the American Conservative asked my thoughts on the presidential race. Here’s my 2 cents (also in the Jpeg below): If I vote, I’ll either select Gary Johnson or write in Ron Paul. This election has almost guaranteed that America will have at least four more years of bad government. Obama’s […]
Hearty thanks to Sandy Johnson Klein for her excellent intro for my Mises Institute spiel on Private Property, the Sacred Guardian of Individual Liberty. It was a joy to speak to such a savvy audience that instinctively understood the political villainies I thumped.
Thanks to the Mises Institute for this photo from my spiel last Saturday at their DelRay, Fl. summit. Maybe this is where I explained the decline in American privacy due to Supreme Court justices missing haystacks.
Here’s a sunrise photo I took last week at Delray Beach, FLA. I owe this shot to the calendar: Sunrises are late this time of year just before the end of Daylight Savings Time. No way in Hades I’d be getting up before 6 a.m. to snap pictures.
