Obama Advisor Sunstein’s Peril to Freedom

from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (November 2010) Obama Advisor Sunstein’s Peril to Freedom by James Bovard Cass Sunstein is the chief of the Obama administration’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. As Salon’s Glenn Greenwald noted earlier this year, Sunstein “has long been one of Barack Obama’s closest confidants.” His values are […]

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The “Of Course” Curse (1983)

This was my favorite op-ed of 1983. It provided a chance to tip my hat to the editors who, in previous years, almost invariably added that phrase into my articles. The article was accepted by Robert Semple, one of the greatest op-ed editors the New York Times ever had. Kyle Crichton did a superb job […]

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Speaking at Maryland Libertarian Party Conf on March 12

I will be speaking after dinner at the Maryland Libertarian Party convention on March 12 in Dundalk, Maryland. Dundalk is down the road from the old Sparrow Point steel mill, and just after the Baltimore tunnel. Topic will be the Patriot Act, TSA, and other outrages against Americans’ liberty. My spiel is scheduled for 7:30. […]

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Video – My CPAC Patriot Act Bash (and Jacob Hornberger’s Speech)

FFF “Repeal the PATRIOT Act!” Roundtable from CPAC 2011 from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo. Here’s the video from Saturday’s CPAC forum, sponsored by Campaign for Liberty. Ivan Eland did an excellent job of moderating. My speech was probably about 15 minutes. Hornberger followed and gave the best speech I have ever seen […]

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Video – Me & Jacob Hornberger Thumping Conservative Statists

Jacob Hornberger Show from CPAC 2011 with James Bovard from The Future of Freedom Foundation on Vimeo. From the Future of Freedom Foundation: This edition of the Jacob Hornberger Show was recorded at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 11, 2011. Jacob and special guest James Bovard discuss “Why Do Conservatives Support Statism?” The […]

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Trashing the Patriot Act at CPAC

Christian Gomez of the New American wrote an excellent article on the Patriot Act bashing during CPAC. Here’s a few outtakes from his piecedealing with my spiel at CPAC on Saturday: Bovard started his speech by asking the audience: “I’d like to know how many people in this room have had their phone calls wiretapped […]

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MP3 of My CPAC interview with WSPD’s Brian Wilson

WSPD’s Brian Wilson – a great libertarian radio host – hell, a great radio host per se – is at CPAC this week helping keep an eye on all the damn rascal politicians. He interviewed me and Jacob Hornberger, the chief of the Future of Freedom Foundation, this afternoon. On Egypt, I got to work […]

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