Only a fool would expect members of Congress to give a damn about his rights and liberties. That’s the lesson from today’s Senate floor debate on extending the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance of Americans under FISA.
Whittling on Cover Sketch for Public Policy Hooligan
I’m doing a little whittling on the cover drawing for Public Policy Hooligan. I was in a beer store a few days ago and was awestruck by the following label: However, the hat is wrong. Plus, that tongue flopping out probably doesn’t convey the right tone for the book. So here’s the latest rough version […]
My Raging Bitch Christmas
Tom Blanton, the mastermind of the Project for the New American Revolution, created the above art work. Luckily, when I worked as a Santa Claus, Raging Bitch had not yet been concocted. I took one look at that photo and damn near swore off drinking for the holidays. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, […]
My Season as a Santa Claus in Boston
This is the story of the season I spent playing Santa Claus in Boston. The Wall Street Journal published a PG-rated version a year ago. Public Policy Hooligan, my new memoir, contains the R-rated version of the story. Maybe it wouldn’t quite be R-rated – but it is definitely zestier. Here’s the Wall Street Journal […]
Preface – Public Policy Hooligan
Following is the preface to Public Policy Hooligan. The book is in Kindle format, but you don’t need a Kindle gizmo to read it. Amazon offers a very easy-to-use free app to read the book on PCs – available here. (There are also apps to read the book on iPads & other devices). PREFACE I […]
MP3 of today’s Scott Horton Show on Public Policy Hooligan
Scott Horton and I had a rowdy time today rattlin’ on about Public Policy Hooligan. Here is the summary of the interview from Scott’s website – we discussed “asserting individual rights in response to arbitrary authority; honing the craft of writing; doing journalism behind the Iron Curtain; US farm policy; the myth and reality of […]
Federal Wetlands War, final essay
from the September issue of Future of Freedom, published by the Future of Freedom Foundation – The Federal Wetlands War, pt. 3 by James Bovard As the first two parts of this series revealed, federal bureaucrats have been using environmental pretexts to rampage against property owners since the late 1980s. Unfortunately, even after the Republicans […]