Except for maybe causing cancer, the TSA scanners are safe – or as safe as the TSA is honest. The New York Times article on TSA safety controversies notes, “Most of what is known of the risks of radiation has been extrapolated from disease trends in Japan after World War II.” I would love to […]
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Alexander Cockburn, RIP
Alexander Cockburn, one of the best and most courageous writers of our time, has passed away after a two year fight with cancer. I was a huge fan of his writings from the Kosovo/Serbian war onwards. He saw through and skewered the Clinton/Albright BS on that disgraceful, unprovoked NATO aggression as well as anybody. I […]
Forgotten Lessons of the D.C. Sniper Rampage
From the Future of Freedom Foundation… Freedom Daily, April 2012 FORGOTTEN LESSONS FROM THE D.C. SNIPER RAMPAGE by James Bovard A decade ago, the Washington, D.C., area was traumatized by two guys who rode around shooting people from the trunk of their ancient Chevrolet Caprice. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo have long since […]
Barron’s: Potomac River Blindness – Why Govt. Waste is Invisible in DC
Barron’s Editorial Commentary | SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2012 Potomac River Blindness By JAMES BOVARD Government waste goes unseen in Washington. It is only a question of time: Washington soon will be convulsed by the next federal budget crisis. Unfortunately, neither presidential candidate is offering substantive proposals to curb soaring federal outlays. One side offers high […]
MP3 Podcast of Today’s Brian Wilson Show Bashing Pepco, ObamaCare, Holder
WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a turkey shoot this afternoon. By the end of the show, there were plenty of feathers scattered from Pepco, Eric Holder, the Supreme Court, etc. You can listen to the @ 18 minute interview by downloading or clicking on the following – bovard-brian-wilson-show-7-05-2012-pepco-bash
Anniversary of a Federal Fraud: Freedom of Information Act
On July 4, 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed the first federal Freedom of Information Act. The federal government has pretended to be open to citizens ever since. The National Security Archive, a private non-profit research arm, celebrated the anniversary with this notice. That Archive has done a superb job of using FOIA to pry out […]
Happy Independence Day! & The Failure of the All-Volunteer Congress
July 4th is my Independence Day, regardless of how depraved the government has become. Thirty-three years ago, the New York Times printed a satire I wrote on the failure of the All-Volunteer Congress. Back then, the All-Volunteer military was relatively new, and critics were denouncing it for a dozen specious reasons. (Here’s an online link to one […]
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Robert Giordano
How many convicts has the EEOC hired?
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The Two and Only is my favorite podcast on the Int