Archive | November, 2007

Radio Interview Now Available Online MP3

Yesterday’s interview by radio host Brian Wilson is now available online here.   The October 4 interview we did is available on the same page. Brian and I had a rowdy time.  I suspect that my joke about the Farm Journal may have mystified people in western Ohio.    Woulda worked like a charm in eastern Ohio, where people […]

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Another Bush Bootlicker Bites the Dust

Australian voters kicked Prime Minister John Howard out of office yesterday.  Howard was even more of a groveler to Bush than Tony Blair.  One step Bush took to try to help Howard win reelection was to release Australian David Hicks from Guantanamo earlier this year.  As part of the deal for his release, Hicks had to […]

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Ron Paul, the 2002 Szasz Award Winner

Some supporters of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign may not know that congressman Paul was a champion of civil liberties even in the era before the U.S. government legalized torture. Paul won the Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to Civil Liberties in 2002.  He is the only politician to ever win the award (named after the legendary psychiatrist Thomas […]

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The Latest Torture Twists & Turns

The American Conservative today put online my article updating the torture scandal. We Have Ways…..             American Conservative, November 5, 2007 by James Bovard On Oct. 4, the New York Times blew another ten-foot hole in the Bush administration’s torture cover-up. The Times revealed that the Justice Department produced a secret legal opinion in early 2005 […]

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Truman Debunked by a Liberal

Steve of the Aging Hipster Blog had an excellent post this weekend debunking Harry Truman.    For at least 3 decades, Truman has been in the Pantheon of Great or Near-Great Presidents – someone who supposedly stood up for principle and scorned the gales of popular opinion. As usual, this is bunkum.  Steve lays out how  Truman […]

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