from a photo posted on the Washington Post page for photos from the Jon Stewart rally on Saturday – photo by “consistentflatcher”
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Front Royal History photos from LIFE magazine
LIFE magazine has put its photo collection online, searchable by Google. There is a gold mine of photos here from the battle over school integration in Front Royal, Virginia in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Most of the online photos are not yet identified. Are there other good online resources of the end of […]
Politicians, the Biggest Halloween Horror
Another classic from Oliphant…. The question from the little kid on the left side – – “Mommy – is politics a trick or treat?” – – if only more adults thought to frame the issue that way….
Demolition Derby Democracy, Crash #4283
The real irony is that people expect from progress from elections. (cartoon by Tom Toles, Washington Post)
“De-Sacralizing Democracy” Refuted
The Campaign for Liberty reposted my FFF article on “De-Sacralizing Democracy to Save Liberty.” The first comment, from last4ever from Salisbury, MD, was tell-tale: [quotes from my article in italics; his rebuttal is non-italicized] “The combination of ignorant voters and conniving politicians is far more likely to ruin than to rescue this nation.” (Duh!, your […]
Pentagon’s Biggest Lie? “No Surprises” Expected from WikiLeaks
So the pre-leak spin by the Pentagon is that they have already disclosed everything important that will be revealed in the next WikiLeaks document super-dump. Obama’s Pentagon apparently believes that Americans are as gullible – if not mutton-headed – as the Bush Pentagon believed. No surprises expected in WikiLeaks Iraq war dump: Pentagon WASHINGTON | […]
MP3 of my Lou Dobbs Radio Show interview on DARE
I had fun yesterday bantering with the guest host Dom Giordano on the Lou Dobbs Radio Show about DARE. We agreed to disagree on whether it was a good thing to put police on a pedestal… To hear the show, click on the MP3 here – the-lou-dobbs-show-james-bovard-10-19-10
Jim
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Robert Giordano
How many convicts has the EEOC hired?
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