from my interview on Press TV – The best solution to decrease U.S. poverty is to “vastly decrease the power in spending of the federal government,” says James Bovard, Maryland-based policy advisor for The Future of Freedom Foundation. “It’s the U.S. government that is dragging down the American economy and suppressing the productivity and creativity […]
Redefining Extremism: Ron Paul – the Sane Republican Alternative
As Herman Cain’s candidancy melts into absurdity, I hope that reasonable Republicans will take another look at the one principled candidate running for the presidency. It is ironic how extremist has been redefined in American politics. In 1964, Barry Goldwater was considered extremist in part because of his rhetoric implying that he could favor a […]
The Most Dangerous Halloween Costume in Washington
I expect that sheepskins are selling well on Capitol Hill again this year. I wonder if Hillary will get her specially-tailored costume from Libya or from Kosovo this year. Another great Sam Gross cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker James Bovard
Obama’s White House of Horrors: Execution Without Trial
The New York Times had a perky cartoon today by Brian McFadden today on the pervasive fears across the ideological spectrum of Obama’s White House horrors. My hunch was that the cartoonist thought the fears were a laughing matter (here’s a link to the full-size cartoon in the Times). And people wonder why cartoonists in […]
Whittling on an Epigram List for WikiQuotes
Spurred by feedback from that Daily Bell interview, I whittled out a list of my favorite epigrams from books gone by and popped them onto a page on Wiki Quotes. I think this is the first time I added anything to a Wikipedia or WikiQuotes (at least as far as I can remember). I figure […]
MP3 of Playing Whack-A-Federal-Mole on the Brian Wilson Show
WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a hoot yesterday flogging hell out of the Patriot Act and its noxious progeny. Dang, hard to believe this stupid act is 10 years old. It has almost outlived my idealism. You can listen to or download the show by clicking here brian-wilson-patriot-act-bash-10-27-2011
MP3 of Antiwar.com Radio Interview on the Patriot Act
Scott Horton and I had fun on Wednesday hammering the Patriot Act on its 10th anniversary. That noxious law continues to spawn dreadful precedents… You can listen or download the interview by clicking on this link antiwar-radio-11_10_26_bovard
Jim
Thanks a lot!
timmy taes
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David Smithson
Right you are. Retired now, I worked for many yea
Ron Redrift
Sorry to hear of your tiff with Mr. Wilson; hope i