Archive for September 2011
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Friday 30th September 2011
Assassination Jubilation
4:17 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 11
At this critical time in our history, we are very lucky that both our president and his killer drones are infallible.
I am surprised at how most of the mainstream media is reacting to the U.S. government’s killing of two American citizens - Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and magazine editor Samir Khan. (I [...]
Tuesday 27th September 2011
Warren Commission Report: “Deep-Rooted Resentment of All Authority” - the root of all evil
9:35 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
This is the anniversary of the 1964 release of the Warren Commission report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The New York Times has reposted its front-page story from that day here.
The Times’ notes that the Warren Commission report “listed as factors that might have led Oswald to the assassination ‘his deep-rooted [...]
Monday 26th September 2011
Daily Bell Interview: Life is Too Short to Drink Bad Beer
9:49 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
The good folks at Daily Bell interviewed me last week. Here is the result:
James Bovard on His Famous Libertarian Books, America’s Failing Freedom and ‘Why Life Is too Short to Drink Bad Beer’Sunday, September 25, 2011 – with Anthony Wile
Introduction: James Bovard is the author of nine books, including Attention Deficit Democracy (2006), [...]
Tuesday 20th September 2011
Wall Street Journal Letters: Republican Idealist or Labor Department contractor?
11:24 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
The Wall Street Journal published 3 letters today in response to my piece last week on the failure of federal job training programs.
The second letter perplexed me:
Surely Bob Dole, Howard Baker, Orrin Hatch, Dan Quayle, Nancy Kassebaum, Jim Jeffords, Mike DeWine and Mike Enzi were not supporting “overlap and duplication . . . [...]
New Book: Szasz Quotationary: The Wit and Wisdom of Thomas Szasz
8:52 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
One of the most eloquent defenders of freedom has a new book that captures the breadth of his thought over more than 5 decades. The Szasz Quotationary: The Wit and Wisdom of Thomas Szasz has just been released in Kindle form. You can purchase the book from Amazon here.
Though Szasz is a [...]
Monday 19th September 2011
Blog Breakdown: Cartoon Explains All
7:49 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 23
As a paranoid book promoter, I can truly appreciate this cartoon.
At least this blog never has any knitting references.
[great Roz Chast cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker]
Sunday 18th September 2011
MP3 of Antiwar.com Radio Interview on Terrorism Nonsense
12:10 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
Scott Horton and I had a jolly round of target shooting at some of the ludicrous ideas driving the war on terrorism.
You can hear (or download) the 19 minute interview’s MP3 file /podcast by clicking on scott-horton-antiwar-11_09_16_bovard
Friday 16th September 2011
MP3 of Rollicking Radio Interview with Ron Smith on WBAL
11:47 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
WBAL’s Ron Smith and I had a rollicking good chat on Tuesday on federal training farces.
You can hear or download the show by clicking on the following:
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Thursday 15th September 2011
My MSNBC Interview On Federal Training Failures - with Dylan Ratigan
4:35 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
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Luckily, I didn’t have that same pose during the entire interview.
And I haven’t actually been that tanned since 1977.
On MSNBC at 4 pm today discussing Job Training with Dylan Ratigan
12:00 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
I’m scheduled to be on MSNBC around 4 pm this afternoon discussing federal job training with Dylan Ratigan.
Should be fun.
America’s Sham War on Terrorism
9:54 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
posted online today by the Future of Freedom Foundation, from the June issue of Freedom Daily -
America’s Sham War on Terrorism
by James Bovard
Almost a decade after the 9/11 attacks, the war on terrorism continues chugging along. Despite the trillions of dollars that the U.S. government has spent supposedly in response to 9/11, few people [...]
Libya: More Bombing Needed?
7:57 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
At least the U.S. military and other NATO air forces have already had lots of practice hammering this country.
Who could have ever foreseen that the Islamist radicals would take over after the U.S. helped topple the country’s dictator?
Today’s New York Times: “Islamists’ Growing Sway Raises Questions for Libya”
In the emerging post-Qaddafi Libya… the most powerful [...]
MP3 of Brian Wilson Show on Federal Training Flops
7:29 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
Brian Wilson and I had fun turning up the heat on federal training flops yesterday. At least the government has been consistent.
You can hear the @ 15 minute interview by clicking here: brian-wilson-9-14-2011-job-training-debacles
Wednesday 14th September 2011
MP3 of today’s WGN Mike McConnell Show Interview on Job Training Flops
12:52 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
Chicago talk show star Mike McConnell and I had a lively chat on the history of the failure of federal job training this morn on WGN. You can hear the show by clicking on the following:
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Tuesday 13th September 2011
MP3 of Brian Wilson Show on Using F-16s To Curb Airplane Bathroom Loitering
7:05 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 5
WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a rattlin’ good chat yesterday regarding using F-16 fighters to respond to airline passengers hitting the john.
I fear that TSA may ban all Mexican fast-food eateries in airports - to save the government the indignity of sending up F-16s when federal air marshals panic about how long someone is [...]
Monday 12th September 2011
Wall St. Journal: Federal Training Programs Teach Bad Habits
7:39 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 7
from the Sept. 13, 2011 editorial page of the Wall Street Journal -
What Job ‘Training’ Teaches? Bad Work Habits
by JAMES BOVARD
Last Thursday, President Obama proposed new federal jobs and job-training programs for youth and the long-term unemployed. The federal government has experimented with these programs for almost a half century. The record [...]
Video of my FFF speech at George Mason Univ. last week
3:27 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
Click here to see the video of last week’s speech at George Mason University.
I want to thank the Future of Freedom Foundation and the GMU Economics Club for sponsoring the event.
I especially want to thank GMU Economics Professor Thomas Rustici for the kind words of his introduction.
Live Online today (9/12) on Brian Wilson Show at 4:30 pm Eastern
2:27 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
I will be on the air and on the net this afernoon with WSPD’s Brian Wilson - a great libertarian radio host - hell, a great radio host per se. We will be discussing the 9/11 anniversary and the use of F-16 fighter jets in respond to airline passengers hitting the john.
I will be [...]
Sunday 11th September 2011
Terrorism and Tyranny Epigrams
11:01 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks…
Here are some epigrams from Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil (Palgrave, 2003):
Nothing happened on 9/11 that made the federal government more trustworthy.
The Patriot Act treats every citizen like a suspected terrorist and every federal agent [...]