Never Trust Uncle Sam on Drugs By James Bovard September 25, 2026 As the Covid-19 pandemic struck this nation, many Americans were stunned to see top federal health officials brazenly lie to buttress their own power. Bureaucrats and politicians unleashed themselves by shrouding how the feds bankrolled the creation of the pathogen, sanctifying a […]
Never Forget Federal Marijuana Frauds by James Bovard For more than 50 years, the federal government shamelessly pretended that marijuana had no recognized medical use. Last December 18, President Trump signed an executive order entitled, “Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research.” Trump ordered the Attorney General and the Drug Enforcement Administration to speed up rule-making […]
Trump the Crazy Cultural Commissar By James Bovard President Trump signaled that he is entitled to raze the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts if he is not permitted to add his name to the building’s front wall. Trump’s appointees to the center’s board of trustees rubber-stamped adding Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center. After […]
In 2008, the Bush administration decreed that federal agents could copy Americans’ cell phones and laptop data when they cross the US border. Same policy is now in effect and getting far more controversial. Here is my 2011 smackdown of the policy from a speech at George Mason University that was sponsored by the Future […]
Mi guerra de 40 años contra la psiquiatría by James Bovard, Mises Institute, June 2026 Hace cuarenta años asistí a las reuniones anuales de la Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría en Washington y nunca recuperé la cordura. O al menos eso es lo que suponen los terapeutas basándose en mis escritos sobre su interminable invención de […]
Obama had far worse economic policies than most Americans recall, beating the bushes to sway more Americans to take federal handouts. His civil liberties policies were also dreadful. Hat tip to Muriel for the great question after my speech that spurred my riff on dodging border guards and sub-machine guns in the East Bloc in […]
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“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
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Alan Strange
Great video, visited there a few years back to pay
