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Tuesday 22nd May 2012
150th Anniversary of Stonewall Jackson’s Victory in the Battle of Front Royal
9:58 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 10
Painting by Mort Kunstler, “On to the Shenandoah” May 23, 1862 - Full size at his website
Today is the 150th anniversary of the battle of Front Royal, Virginia (the town near where I was raised). On May 23, 1862, almost all the Yankee soldiers in Front Royal were captured, killed or wounded during [...]
Friday 18th May 2012
MP3 Podcast of my Antiwar.com Interview Thumping TSA
9:17 am | Transportation Security Admin. | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
Scott Horton of Antiwar.com Radio and I had fun earlier this week paying respects to Transportation Security Administration.
You can download or listen to the 18-minute interview by clicking on the following -
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Thursday 17th May 2012
How Twitter is Upgrading Our Gene Pool
11:40 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
On Twitter - @jimbovard
Another great Non Sequitur cartoon from Wiley Miller
Tuesday 15th May 2012
MP3 Podcast of My Tribute to TSA on the Brian Wilson Show
7:31 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a hoot this afternoon paying homage to the TSA.
You can listen to the @ 18 minute show by downloading or clicking on the following:
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Monday 14th May 2012
Police Week: My Favorite Cop Photo
2:49 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 10
This is National Police Week in Washington.
The photo above is the second-most popular non-tattoo photo on my Flickr page.
I took it at a DC Police Week event a few years ago. I wonder if this cop’s bike has since qualified for a disability pension.
Freedom Activists as Government Entrapment Targets?
11:45 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
The continuing controversy over Stacy Litz, the former Center for a Stateless Society staffer who got busted and then became a government informant and set up other freedom activists, is bringing welcome attention to the perils of advocacy in the age of Leviathan.
If it becomes as politically profitable to bust freedom activists [...]
Friday 11th May 2012
Playboy: Why Talking About Drugs Is Worse Than Murder
1:30 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 5
News came out this week that a libertarian activist in the Philadelphia area has turned government informant and set up fellow freedom activists with drug busts. C4SS announced that they were terminating their association with the woman. Claire Wolfe has an excellent analysis of the controversy here.
I have written about government informants [...]
Thursday 10th May 2012
Podcast of today’s Brian Wilson Show Interview on Happiness Index and Wine
8:36 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a rowdy time today discussing wine (he eschews brown bags) and the federal panel crafting a national index for Subjective Well Being.
You can listen or download the MP3 by clicking on the following link -
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The interview lasted about 14 minutes.
Wednesday 9th May 2012
Oh No!!! My Writing Style is Passe!!!
12:31 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
Bad news from this cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker.
This is going to be hell on online discussions.
Sunday 6th May 2012
Wall Street Journal: Don’t Trust the Feds’ Happiness Index
7:08 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 6
My piece in Monday’s Wall Street Journal on one of the more ludicrous recent efforts to redefine reality…
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Don’t Worry (About GDP), Be Happy
With the economy slow and joblessness high, the feds want a new way to measure well-being.
by James Bovard
In recent years, numerous experts have declaimed that the gross domestic [...]
“So What Have You Been Writing On Lately?”
9:37 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
Thursday 3rd May 2012
Best Puncturing of Obama’s Ludicrous Afghan Victory Tour
3:00 pm | Afghanistan | Uncategorized | Comments: 4
Congratulations, Secret Service! No brawls with whores during Obama’s whistle-stop in Kabul. OK, it wasn’t an overnight visit…
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It was inspiring to hear Obama invoking the usual idealism during his spiel from Bagram Air Base. The event was nicely managed insofar as there were no blood-piercing screams during his speech from detainees being tortured.
Oh - that’s [...]
Tuesday 1st May 2012
Feds’ Gross Negligence on Concocting Terrorist Plots? (Not Counting Oregon)
3:29 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
While some people are cheering the latest news out of Cleveland, the fact remains that the FBI has failed to concoct terorrist plots in more than 75 metropolitan areas.
The comment from the Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit spurred my memory on the Justice Department’s anti-terror PR coup in Oregon. Here’s my riff on that case [...]
Friday 27th April 2012
Proof the Obama Recovery has Arrived
7:44 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 8
Another great NonSequitor cartoon from Wiley
The Folly of Federal Job Training
8:01 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 0
From the May issue of The Freeman…
The Folly of Federal Training
by James Bovard
his State of the Union address President Obama proposed an array of new federal job training programs. This was one of the more popular facets of his speech, and the usual media cheerleaders swooned. However, Uncle Sam has a long and [...]
Thursday 26th April 2012
1930s New Deal Poster: What Typeset? Bremen? Or ??
7:39 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 3
This New Deal poster for the Work Progress Administration (featured in the May issue of the Freeman) caught my eye.
Does anyone recognize this typeset?
Guernica: 75th Anniversary - Back When Bombing Civilians was an Atrocity
4:36 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 1
This is the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica. Indignation about bombing civilians seems like such a historic relic.
Unfortunately, this atrocity seems to have been almost completely forgotten in the United States. Perhaps the last time that the most famous momento of that slaughter got any attention was when Colin Powell was [...]
Monday 23rd April 2012
Another Grave Question on “Stand Your Ground” Laws
1:06 pm | Uncategorized | Comments: 5
An excellent Twohy cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker
Friday 20th April 2012
Congratulations to Julian Heicklen on his Jury Nullification Triumph
8:57 am | Uncategorized | Comments: 2
Congratulations to Julian Heicklen for his heroic federal court victory on the right to notify on jury nullification. Julian, an 80-year-old retired chemistry professor, has been crusading on this issue for many years. He has braved numerous arrests and suffered a vast amount of abuse. Federal judge Kimba Woods ruled yesterday [...]