Patriot Act: Tenth Anniversary of a Swindle

This is the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Patriot Act. Geez, I didn’t think that this scam would survive this long. But it has served the government well, so there have never been a shortage of apologists for this surveillance regime. After a certain number of years, even the most brazen frauds become […]

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About That Happy Ending in Iraq….

The fairy tale narrative from much of the mainstream media over Obama’s Iraq announcement last week is ludicrous even by DC standards. The best retort to the prevailing hoopla is this great cartoon from the Washington Post’s Tom Toles James Bovard

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The Soviet Union’s Continuing Influence on America

from the July issue of Freedom Daily, posted online today by the Future of Freedom Foundation – The Soviet Union’s Continuing Influence on America by James Bovard It has been almost 20 years since the Soviet Union officially dissolved. While the nation of that name no longer exists, its legacy continues influencing political thought and […]

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Are Americans Getting the Government They Deserve?

The last line of my previous post – “Americans deserve better” – has sparked a number of skeptical emails and comments. Let me clarify. It is a popular saying that people get the government that they deserve. This has rarely been more false than in current times. The fact that most Americans are politically ignorant […]

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Ron Paul’s Peace & Freedom Message vs. Republican Establishment

Ron Paul has won many of the Republican Party straw polls over the past six months. But during the last 3 televised Republican debates, Paul received less than 19 minutes to expound and defend his views – less time than any other candidate. This is shabby even by Republican standards. At a time when the […]

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Claire Wolfe’s Great New Novel – Hardyville Tales

Claire Wolfe is one of the finest freedom writers around. She has a knack for making freedom both vivid and fun. She has a new novel entitled Hardyville Tales – When ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ meets ‘For Your Own Good.’ The book is based in part on the hugely-popular series of internet columns Claire has […]

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DEA Informants: America’s Biggest Liars? – Iran Farce

All this hoopla over the alleged Iranian plot to use Mexican drug lords to carry out an assassination of a Saudi at a fictitious DC restaurant – I knew there was something very strange about this… And then I read that the linchpin of the case is a paid Drug Enforcement Administration informant who recently […]

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