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Tuesday 20th April 2010
The Slippery Definition of Extremism
11:04 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bush | Census | Elective Dictatorship | FBI | Justice Department | Rule of Law | Surveillance | Terrorism | Torture | Transportation Security Admin. | War crimes | Wiretapping | lese majeste | Comments: 2
The Future of Freedom Foundation is shotgunning out this op-ed today….
The Slippery Definition of Extremism
by James Bovard
Americans are once again hearing of the perils of extremism. But the definition of this offense is slippier than a politician’s campaign promise. The definition of extremism has continually been amended to permit government policies that few sober people [...]
Thursday 15th April 2010
Podcast of Census-Bashing Interview on Free Talk Live
7:18 am | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bovard | Census | Surveillance | Comments: 2
Mark Edge of Free Talk Live interviewed me yesterday on the Census, government surveillance, and other perils of our times.
The podcast is here. My interview is the final 20 minutes of the 2+ hour program.
I did not see the interview listed as a separate downloadable file. If I missed something [...]
Wednesday 14th April 2010
Kudos to the Libertarian Party of Ohio
7:59 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Bush | Census | Obama | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
The Libertarian Party of Ohio (www.lpo.org) held their annual convention last weekend in Worthington, Ohio. I was there for a Saturday night spiel, and it was a treat to meet so many folks gung-ho to fight for freedom. Many of their activists had a fervor about them which I rarely see inside the [...]
Tuesday 30th March 2010
New York Times: My Two Cents on How to Respond to the Census
9:33 pm | Attention Deficit Democracy | Census | Surveillance | Comments: 0
The New York Times on Wednesday has a piece on the controversy over the Census. It includes my two cents on how to respond to the feds:
“The census has become a lightning rod, and it’s drawing people’s attention to the danger of federal surveillance,” said James Bovard, an author and former census taker who [...]