Archive for December 2008
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Tuesday 30th December 2008
My George Mason U. Speech is now on YouTube
10:39 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
The spiel I gave last month at George Mason University is now on YouTube.
The Future of Freedom Foundation, which sponsored the gig, has a webpage linking to the various YouTube segments of the speech.
The audience asked excellent questions and there was some good stomping of the bailouts.
Monday 29th December 2008
End-of-the-Year Carnage & Absurdity in Gaza
10:14 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Comments: 11
Both Hamas and the Israeli government bear some of the blame, but the Israeli slaughter of civilians far exceeds that inflicted by the ragtag rockets fired from Gaza.
The craven response by the American political class to the use of American planes and weapons to slaughter civilians is what any reasonable cynic should have expected. Obama [...]
Wednesday 24th December 2008
Thanks to Jerry Arnett and AAPS for their kind words
2:04 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
The current issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons includes a review of Attention Deficit Democracy by Jerome Arnett, a West Virginia doctor and freedom activist. I much appreciate Jerry’s kind words for the book - as well as the great work of the journal’s publisher, the Association of American Physicans and Surgeons. [...]
Friday 12th December 2008
Are Democrats Better on Surveillance?
10:56 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Surveillance | Wiretapping | Comments: 8
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from their September Freedom Daily on the forgotten sordid history of the Clinton administration and the Democratic Party on surveillance.
Are Democrats Better on Privacy and Surveillance?
by James Bovard
The Bush administration has probably illegally violated Americans’ privacy more than any presidency in at least a generation. [...]
Thursday 11th December 2008
Christmas Comes Early for Cynics!
10:59 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
Just when the national media was hooting up the dawn of a new era of Good Government, another political hack goes down.
The arrest of Illinois governor Blagojevich for auctioning a U.S. Senate seat is the perfect tonic to Obama-mania.
Initial reports indicate that the feds caught Blagojevich red-handed on tape. If he is guilty, it will [...]
Thursday 4th December 2008
Podcast of the interview on Militarizing the Home Front
11:10 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 7
Yesterday’s interview with Brian Wilson is now available as a podcast here. (Scroll down to the 12/3 interview)
Tim King, the author of The Conscience of Abe’s Turn blog, kindly posted a partial transcript of the interview on his website. Here’s an outtake of my comments :
It’s possible that the deployment of troops could be tied to a presidential declaration of [...]
Wednesday 3rd December 2008
Listen Live - I’m on the Brian Wilson Show Today (12/3) at 4:30 Eastern time
11:08 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
I will be on the Brian Wilson radio show today at 4:30 pm. Brian is one of the funniest and most thoughtful talk show hosts in the biz. We will be talking about how the U.S. military will be increasingly deployed within the United States.
Listen Live here. (He is on Toledo’s WSPD - 1370 on the AM dial).
Tuesday 2nd December 2008
YouTube version of my “Bush’s War on Civil Liberties” speech
2:24 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
Lew Rockwell kindly posted today the links to my Future of Freedom Foundation conference speech on “Bush’s War on Civil Liberties.”
The speech is a bit dated, since Bush recently renounced his authoritarianism and is showing a new devotion to the Constitution.
Whoops - last line was a typo.
According to my insider sources, Bush will not renounce [...]
Beth Hoffman, R.I.P.
10:04 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
Beth Hoffman, the managing editor of The Freeman, passed away yesterday.
She was a fine editor and a great lady. I had the pleasure of working with her on many stories since the mid-1980s.
Beth was one of the unsung heroes of the freedom movement. She worked at the Foundation for Economic Education from the mid-late 1970s. She was a [...]