Archive for February 2006
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Tuesday 28th February 2006
Subversive Ideas Migrate to Brazil
10:01 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
My Newsday piece on mass ignorance vs. American democracy was translated into Portuguese and published in the third-largest newspaper in Brazil. The piece was reposted at this Brazilian blog.
Perhaps Brazilians have more interest in ignorant Americans than do many Americans.
I hope my article does not do anything to cause the average Brazilian to lose faith [...]
Monday 27th February 2006
FFF Launches my Op-ed on Surveillance; early hate mail
10:53 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Surveillance | Comments: 8
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted & sent out today my op-ed on how the current NSA wiretapping scandal paves the way to repeat police state atrocities of the 1960s. Here are a couple paragraphs from the piece:
Many Americans have shrugged off the recent controversy over illegal wiretaps because they assume that the government would [...]
Sunday 26th February 2006
What They Brag About in Washington
10:41 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bush | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
In his speech to the American Legion last Friday, Bush boasted, “With my 2007 budget, we’ll increase VA’s medical care budget by 69 percent since 2001. Our increased funding has given almost a million more veterans access to the VA medical care system.”
Bush did not go into further specifics. He did not say anything about [...]
Friday 24th February 2006
American Conservative publishes my piece on book on NSA spying
1:14 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 0
The March 13 issue of American Conservative contains my review of James Risen’s A State of War. Here is the start & finish of the piece -
James Risen’s A State of War has opened a Pandora’s Box for the Bush administration that no amount of howling, scowling, or bogus terrorist-attack warnings will be able to [...]
Wednesday 22nd February 2006
Listen Live - Richmond Radio interview, Friday 2/24
11:11 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 2
I was interviewed yesterday evening by Liz Skrobiszewski at the studio of WRIR, Richmond’s Indie radio station (which also carries NPR programming). The interview was a real treat in part because Liz had such excellent questions. We had a rambunctious discussion which will air on Friday at noon. You can listen live here. Liz, who has [...]
Orange Co. Register publishes my hit on Federal Surveillance
10:56 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Rule of Law | lese majeste | Comments: 0
The Orange County Register published my hit on the dangers of federal surveillance. Here are some outtakes:
Americans seem to have forgotten why the Founding Fathers prohibited government from spying on them. Public opinion polls show a rising percentage of Americans approving of the warrantless National Security Agency wiretaps authorized by President Bush.
Many Americans seem to [...]
Tuesday 21st February 2006
Confirmed Radio Time - Air America today 10:30
9:15 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
The Air America interview with Charles Goyette will be at 10:30 am Eastern. (Disregard the revised posting here earlier).
Monday 20th February 2006
On Air America Tuesday (2/21) morn[time changed] - Charles Goyette Show
8:04 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 5
I will be on the Charles Goyette show tomorrow at 10:30 a.m Eastern time. Charles is one of the quickest pro-freedom talk show hosts in the business. His sense of humor helps listeners grin ‘n’ bear almost all of the Bush administration’s lunacies.
You can listen live at the KXXT web page. (The Phoenix frequency is [...]
Sunday 19th February 2006
Book Signing in Richmond, Va. on Tuesday, Feb. 21
11:07 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
I will be talking and signing books at the Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Va., at 6:30 pm on Tuesday night (2/21). The Fountain Bookstore is at 1312 E. Cary St., (804) 788-1594. Directions and other details are at the bookstore’s website.
I have been advised by counsel that, because it has been a long time since I [...]
New York Post reviews Attention Deficit Democracy
11:13 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
Ari Melber, a former U.S. Senate legislative aide, reviewed Attention Deficit Democracy in today’s New York Post. Melber calls the book “a lively attack on politicians, voters and government. Bovard’s indictment of an ineffective but ever-expanding federal government would make any libertarian proud. That may be why the author has so many conservative fans, including [...]
Friday 17th February 2006
Newsday Op-ed: Mass Ignorance vs. Democracy & Liberty
10:18 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 4
Newsday published an op-ed of mine today on how ignorance is subverting democracy and liberty. Some people may dispute the porn ratio in the piece; my hunch is that the number errs significantly on the low side. The article is being distributed nationwide by the Los Angeles Times/Washington Post syndicate, so it may pop up in [...]
Wednesday 15th February 2006
Thanks to Sunni Maravillosa!
5:49 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 1
Sunni Maravillosa, probably the most optimistic freedom advocate out there, wrote a very informative, generous review of Attention Deficit Democracy at her zesty Sunni’s Salon. (Other parts of her February issue make my book look Presbyterian prim, if not proper). Sunni commented, “Bovard… is one of very few journalists who are both pro-freedom and willing to dig… The [...]
Tuesday 14th February 2006
On St. Louis radio Wed. (2/15) 1 pm
12:26 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Comments: 0
I will be on the Bill Borst show tomorrow (2/15) on “Radio Free St. Louis” at 1 pm Eastern time. Bill emailed me that he has read the book - should be a lively, thorough discussion!
You can listen live at http://www.wgnu.net/ The show will be broadcast at the AM 920 frequency. Hopefully the signal will [...]
Live Link, Missouri radio Tuesday (2/14) evening
11:15 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Comments: 0
I will be on the Peter McCandless radio show on Tuesday, 2/14, from 6 to 7 pm Eastern time. Peter’s show is on KCXL 1140 AM in Liberty, Missouri.
The “listen live” link is at http://www.petermacshow.com/
Should be a rollicking good discussion!
Saturday 11th February 2006
The Great Slavery Anniversary
12:22 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Franklin | Lying | Roosevelt | Comments: 0
On this day in 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Yalta Agreement with Stalin and Churchill. Roosevelt thereby gave the United States seal of approval to enslaving generations of Poles, Hungarians, Czechs, and others to Soviet tyranny.
From 1942 through 1945, the U.S. government consistently deceived the American people about the character of the Soviet [...]
Wednesday 8th February 2006
L.A. Times: Are You a Suspected Terrorist?
9:13 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Justice Department | Lying | Rule of Law | Wiretapping | dictatorship | Comments: 1
The Los Angeles Times ran my op-ed today on the array of wacko definitions of suspected terrorists that the Bush administration has devised since 9/11. Here are some outtakes of the piece:
PRESIDENT BUSH and Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales insist that the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping of American citizens is a necessary “terrorist surveillance program.” [...]
Sunday 5th February 2006
Bush Now Entitled to Kill at Home?
7:58 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Elective Dictatorship | Justice Department | Rule of Law | Torture | dictatorship | Comments: 2
The February 13 issue of Newsweek reveals that President Bush is entitled to order killings here in the United States, the same as he has been doing around the globe for the last few years. Newsweek notes that, “Steven Bradbury, acting head of the Justice department’s Office of Legal Counsel [the office which in 2002 [...]
Thursday 2nd February 2006
JPFO Interview now Online
3:38 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
Aaron Zelman of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership interviewed me last week on Attention Deficit Democracy. His thoughtful questions kept things rattling right along. He has now posted both the audio and a transcript of the interview at JPFO’s website. Aaron, who does excellent work alerting Americans to the importance of the Bill [...]