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Tuesday 10th May 2011

Franklin Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Fraud

From the February issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily -
Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Fraud
by James Bovard
President Obama has succeeded in seizing new power over health care and other swaths of American lives in part because previous presidents muddied Americans’ understanding of freedom.
Most of the past century’s debates over the meaning of [...]

Monday 25th April 2011

Misdefining Liberty

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from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (January 2011 issue)
MISDEFINING LIBERTY
by James Bovard
The definitions of liberty devised in ivory towers and elsewhere have a profound impact on political and judicial thinking. Regardless of how wrongheaded some concepts of liberty prevalent early last century may now appear, America’s legal structure is now based on those [...]

Friday 18th March 2011

Defining Coercion Down

from the Future of Freedom Foundation, posted online today…
Freedom Daily December 2010
DEFINING COERCION DOWN
by James Bovard
Coercion is the essence of government in the same way that profit is the essence of private businesses. The state can impose new prohibitions and restrictions, create new penalties, or impose taxes in order to finance benefits. It is [...]

Friday 25th February 2011

Obama Advisor Sunstein’s Peril to Freedom

from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (November 2010)
Obama Advisor Sunstein’s Peril to Freedom
by James Bovard
Cass Sunstein is the chief of the Obama administration’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. As Salon’s Glenn Greenwald noted earlier this year, Sunstein “has long been one of Barack Obama’s closest confidants.” His values are probably guiding the [...]

Tuesday 15th February 2011

Video - My CPAC Patriot Act Bash (and Jacob Hornberger’s Speech)

FFF “Repeal the PATRIOT Act!” Roundtable from CPAC 2011 from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo.
Here’s the video from Saturday’s CPAC forum, sponsored by Campaign for Liberty.
Ivan Eland did an excellent job of moderating. My speech was probably about 15 minutes. Hornberger followed and gave the best speech I have ever seen [...]

Video - Me & Jacob Hornberger Thumping Conservative Statists

Jacob Hornberger Show from CPAC 2011 with James Bovard from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo.
From the Future of Freedom Foundation: This edition of the Jacob Hornberger Show was recorded at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 11, 2011. Jacob and special guest James Bovard discuss “Why Do Conservatives Support Statism?”
The Jacob [...]

Monday 24th January 2011

Our Know Nothing Foreign Policy (full text)

The American Conservative placed online today the full text of my review of Magic and Mayhem.
Worst and Brightest
Review of Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy From Korea to Afghanistan, Derek Leebaert, Simon & Schuster, 336 pages
By James Bovard
In the decades since John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, foreign-policy experts have become Washington’s leading con [...]

Thursday 13th January 2011

Speaking on the Patriot Act on a CPAC Panel Next Month…

I will be paying my respects to the Patriot Act at a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 to 11 a.m. The panel is sponsored by the Campaign For Liberty. C4L will be having lots of stout events at this year’s CPAC. [...]

Wednesday 5th January 2011

Why the Tea Party Should Despise George W. Bush

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today this article from the September issue of Freedom Daily - (also on Counterpunch)
Why the Tea Party Should Despise George W. Bush
by James Bovard
The Tea Party movement is challenging politicians and political establishments in many parts of this country. Many Tea Party supporters define [...]

Wednesday 22nd December 2010

How Washington Protects Your Privacy & Liberty

from the January issue of The Freeman -
James Bovard
How Washington Protects Your Privacy and Liberty
January/February 2011 • Volume: 61 • Issue: 1
Preserving trust in government is the highest good—at least for politicians. To create that trust, government continually spawns façades to make people believe their rights are safe. Few things better illustrate [...]

Tuesday 23rd November 2010

TSA: Three Cheers for National Opt-Out Day!

National Opt-Out Day is a great response to the TSA’s damned outrages.
From the Opt-Out Day website:

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 is NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY!
It’s the day ordinary citizens stand up for their rights, stand up for liberty, and protest the federal government’s desire to virtually strip us naked or submit to an [...]

Wednesday 17th November 2010

TSA Busted: Ron Paul’s Reform Legislation

Here is Ron Paul’s statement on HR 6416
Introducing the American Traveler Dignity Act
Mr. Speaker, today I introduce legislation to protect Americans from physical and emotional abuse by federal Transportation Security Administration employees conducting screenings at the nation

The Political Slaughterhouse

from today’s Counterpunch -
THE POLITICAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE
Statism

Wednesday 10th November 2010

Statism, the Greatest Threat

From the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (August 2010 issue, posted online today…)
Statism, the Greatest Threat
by James Bovard
Pervasive confusion over the nature of government and freedom has opened the gates to perhaps the greatest, most widespread increase in political power in history. If we are to regain and safeguard our liberty, we must reject [...]

Monday 18th October 2010

De-Sacralizing Democracy to Save Liberty

from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (July issue) - posted online today -
De-Sacralizing Democracy to Save Liberty
by James Bovard
In the 1770s, the British colonists living in America won their freedom from British rule thanks to the

Wednesday 2nd June 2010

Podcast: Brian Wilson Interview on Worldwide Downfall of Democracy

Talk Show mastermind Brian Wilson and I had fun today discussing the worldwide downfall of democracy.
This trend has gone so far that it might even affect Toledo.
Brian took the high road - preferring to discuss Berlusconi’s Italian corruption rather than Singapore culinary prohibitions.
You can download or listen to the @ 15 minute interview by clicking [...]

Thursday 27th May 2010

The Worldwide Downfall of Democracy

From the July issue of the American Conservative - my review of a fine new book -
Global Undemocratic Revolution

Freedom for Sale: Why the World Is Trading Democracy for Security, John Kampfner, Basic Books, 294 pages
By James Bovard
Freedom for Sale is the best synopsis of the recent collapse of restraints on government [...]

Monday 24th May 2010

Welfarization and the Capsizing of Democracy

Liberty Central just posted online my analysis of how government handouts subvert self-government…

WELFARIZATION AND THE CAPSIZING OF DEMOCRACY
by Jim Bovard
The Founding Fathers intended that America be composed of self-reliant individuals who would not hesitate to pull the reins in on their rulers. However, in the past 75 years, the soaring number of government dependents [...]

Friday 23rd April 2010

Tea Party Pushback: Now I’m a Traitor, Racist, Communist, and Nazi

My Christian Science Monitor op-ed on the Tea Party movement is spurring some uplifting responses.
My article concluded, America needs real champions of freedom – not poorly informed Republican accomplices.” A phalanx of Tea Party activists rushed to vindicate their movement and prove me wrong.
Following is their rebuttal to the article:
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