Did the Feds Label You a Covid “Violent Extremist?” By James Bovard June 3, 2025 Biden administration policy-makers hated you more than you knew. From the start of the Covid pandemic, I warned that the feds were vilifying anyone who failed to kowtow to the latest commands. In October 2023, I wrote: “Federal bureaucrats […]
1995: My Mini-Musk Strikeout Fighting Government Waste
1995: When I Testified Before the Train Wreck Known as Congress by James Bovard President Trump hosted Elon Musk for a farewell press conference on Friday. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team savvily exposed federal follies and spurred over $100 billion in canceled federal contracts and cutbacks. It remains to be seen […]
Covid Doubts Made You a Violent Extremist
COVID Doubts Made You a ‘Violent Extremist’ by James Bovard | Jun 2, 2025 Biden administration policymakers hated you more than you knew. Four years ago, I warned at the Libertarian Institute: “Libertarians are in the federal crosshairs…Many libertarians assume they have nothing to fear because they are not engaged in seeking to violently overthrow […]
Will Idealism Get Us All Killed?
Will Idealism Get Us All Killed? James Bovard, Counterpunch May 29, 2025 Photo by LOGAN WEAVER | @LGNWVR Americans are raised to revere idealism, the civic religion of contemporary democracy. If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, idealism may be the first. Permitting presidents to anoint themselves as Idealists-in-Chief has enabled them to […]
The Deadly Perils of Predatory Idealism
The Deadly Perils of Predatory Idealism by James Bovard How would people react if, on the third time their broken-down car was towed to the same repair shop for the same problem, the swaggering mechanic told them: “Sure — the engine doesn’t work today but — follow me on this — next year, you will […]
We Never Got to Torture Congress
We Never Got to Torture Congress by James Bovard, May 26, 2025 Folks who believe the current political atmosphere is uniquely hateful have forgotten the boundless vitriol prevailing a few decades ago. During the George W. Bush administration, Republicans relied on push-button rage to suppress all criticism of the war on terror. After I appeared […]
Doug Bell, R.I.P.
My best friend from Blacksburg High School passed away on Friday after a brief but brutal fight with cancer. I met Doug Bell when my family moved to Blacksburg just before the start of my senior year in high school (Doug was also a senior). Doug and I were on the track team; he threw […]
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Sorry to hear that the Grim Reaper has hit so hard
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John Walker
A great tribute to a life lived well and to a kins