Dipping into my books, I plucked out some of my favorite lines. FWIW: From The Farm Fiasco (ICS Press, 1989) * For sixty years, politicians have driven American farmers out of world markets and onto the government dole. *Nineteenth-century reformers built their utopias on the expectation of an imminent change in human nature. Twentieth-century reformers […]
Persian Gulf Folly Redux (1987)
Following is a piece I wrote in 1987 on the Reagan administration’s idiotic intervention in the Persian Gulf. Versions of this piece appeared in USA Today and the Detroit News. JUST ANOTHER AMERICAN SITTING DUCK by James Bovard Sentimentality now appears to be the soul of Reagan’s foreign policy. From charging into the Persian Gulf […]
The Folly of Attacking Iran
Listening to the half-witted ratcheting up of hostilities by both the U.S. and Iranian governments reminded me of this piece I wrote for the Future of Freedom Foundation in the wake of George W. Bush’s Iraq victory speech. It is difficult to detect a learning curve in Washington in the subsequent 7+ years. Instead, the […]
Ron Paul: Toppling Political Idols and Changing American Politics
As someone who was born in Iowa, I’m pleased to see many Iowans flocking to support Ron Paul. The Washington Post has a tut-tutting front-page story today complaining that Paul’s 45-minute stump speech “outlines a view of the world so bleak it would make Chicken Little sound like an optimist.” It is not surprising that […]
“Was James Bovard Bit By a Mailman as a Child?”
The headline was the opening sentence of a letter written to the Los Angeles Times. The writer, Jim Washburn, was so upset that the Times clipped that first sentence from his published response that he posted it on his blog. He commented: “A few days previous, they’d run an op-ed piece by some blowhard named […]
MP3 of Dallas Interview on Santa, Postal Snafus, Etc. with Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson and I had some fun this morning on Dallas station KLIF. I am waiting for the defamation lawsuits to arrive from the city of Boston and from the Postal Service. You can download or listen to the show by clicking the following: 12-27-11-invu
Obama’s Dictatorial Assassination Program
Future of Freedom Foundation Freedom Daily, October 2011 (posted online 12/23/11) Obama’s Dictatorial Assassination Program by James Bovard The Obama administration now claims the authority to kill American citizens without a trial, without notice, and without any chance for targets to legally object. The “targeted killing” program of George W. Bush’s administration has been radically […]
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