During the pandemic, Washington think tanks championed vaccine mandates, lockdowns, and a heap of other bogus repressive remedies. Have enough Americans learned to distrust Washington experts? from my Corbett Report interview at https://corbettreport.com/think-tanks-stink-tanks/ Transcript: BOVARD: Some of the think tanks have been very active pushing for censorship in Europe and elsewhere, and they were mostly […]
James Corbett and I thrashed think tanks today on his Corbett Report, one of the most insightful and entertaining podcasts in the world. He discussed my recent Future of Freedom Foundation article, Intellectuals Paved the Road to Serfdom. I used spectral lighting in honor of Halloween. I will read up on how to do podcast […]
Online text at New York Post and below New York Post, October 18, 2026 Trump’s new rule on prescriptions will send the cost of my drugs through the roof — and maybe yours too by James Bovard President Trump’s protectionism gives Americans the same “protection” that the wolf gave to the lamb. The Food and […]
Intellectuals Paved the Road to Serfdom by James Bovard In the same way that medieval kings seized any excuse to invade neighboring countries, today’s politicians perennially seek pretexts to further invade citizens’ lives. And there is never a shortage of intellectuals who, like the courtiers long ago, assure their masters that God — or at […]
In 1987, a communist hooker-spy tried to nail me in Bucharest, Romania. Here’s how I dodged that honey trap. This is an outtake from the Future of Freedom Foundation video series on the horrors of socialism.
Here’s the story of my 1987 interrogation by East German border guards. That was my first experience lying my ass off for hours in two different languages. I was able to bullshit my way to freedom and then clobber the East Bloc in the New York Times.
Jim
Excellent point on the credentials. Always sad wh
R R Schoettker
Thanks for the transcript. The ‘show me your cre
R R Schoettker
The US government, like all rulers, doesn’t ‘p
Joe Blow
You're partly right. Liberal college educated
R R Schoettker
Thanks Jim, I appreciate the link to the text.I pr
