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MP3 of CPAC Radio Interview with Brian Wilson

WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a rollicking good chat today at the Conservative Political Action Conference. CPAC seemed fairly lame this year – about as dynamic as a two-day old wake. You can listen or download it by clicking on the following – cpac2012-3-bovard_1328821812_19256

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Liberals Love Obama’s “Liberty Drones”

New Washington Post polling data reveal that liberals strongly approve of Obama’s drone assassination policy – even when it is used to kill American citizens. Overall, 83% of Americans approve of Obama’s drone killing policy. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is raising hell about the administration’s secrecy – demanding that they at least release the confidential […]

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My Endorsement of WeWontFly.Com

Anti-TSA activist Ken Krawchuk caught me on film at last year’s Maryland Libertarian Party convention responding to his question about the great TSA boycott that he, Jim Babb, and others organized in late 2010. They did a superb job – that was probably the worst PR drubbing the TSA has yet received. Here’s the video:

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C-SPAN Booknotes: Terrorism & Tyranny (2003 transcript)

I came across this transcript this morning and figured it was worth sending around the track one more time. You can watch the video from this interview here – Brian Lamb’s views come through more clearly on tape than in the transcript. One of my favorite comments he made: “Well, your sense of humor — […]

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EEOC’s Forgotten Racial Racketeering

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today this article from the November issue of Freedom Daily – The EEOC’s Forgotten Racial Racketeering by James Bovard Few federal agencies have a more brazen history of trampling due process and basic fairness than the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. From the time the EEOC was created in […]

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The Fed is Wrecking Our Economy

My two cents on the latest humbug from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke: In an interview with Press TV on Thursday, James Bovard, a policy advisor for The Future of Freedom Foundation explained that U.S. Federal Reserve policies are further hurting the U.S. economy rather than improving it. “The Federal Reserve itself has done so […]

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Next Week: FFF/Hornberger on Civil Liberties College Tour

The Young Americans for Liberty and the Future of Freedom Foundation will be putting on a college tour next week on “The War on Terrorism, Civil Liberties, and the Constitution.” FFF president Jacob Hornberger will be joined by best-selling author Glenn Greenwald and former Reagan Justice Department official Bruce Fein for a series of panels […]

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