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My Culpability for the Oklahoma City Bombing

I almost forgot my role in the Oklahoma City bombing. No – I’ve never been to Oklahoma. But a 1999 Los Angeles Times review of one of my books made similar points to what Bill Clinton made in his New York Times op-ed on Monday. The reviewer, Anthony Day, was horrified at my rejection of […]

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Podcast of Census-Bashing Interview on Free Talk Live

Mark Edge of Free Talk Live interviewed me yesterday on the Census, government surveillance, and other perils of our times. The podcast is here. My interview is the final 20 minutes of the 2+ hour program. I did not see the interview listed as a separate downloadable file. If I missed something on this, post […]

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My Brief State Department Career

It lasted about 60 minutes. 75 minutes, max. The photo is from late 1988 or early 1989. The State Department had a program that brought in some outside speaker once a month. I was there to whup up on the World Bank, a favorite target of mine in those years. The photo looks like I […]

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The Material Witness Ticket to Servitude

The Future of Freedom Foundation put online my article from the December Freedom Daily…. It’s amazing to see what kind of legal crap the government gets away with these days. The Material Witness Charade Freedom Daily, December 2009 by James Bovard Last September, a federal appeals court ruled that former Attorney General John Ashcroft could […]

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Bogus Anti-Terrorist Crackdown on Financial Freedom

posted today by the Future of Freedom Foundation – from the October 2009 issue of Freedom Daily… The Bogus Anti-Terrorist Crackdown on Financial Freedom by James Bovard In the post–9/11 era, federal officials are treating cash as they would a suspected weapon of mass destruction. They have created legions of new restrictions and reporting requirements […]

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Thanks to All the Fine Commentors in 2009!

I want to thank the folks who added so many excellent thoughts and flashes of wit to this blog over the past 12 months. I’ve gotten a heap of insights from y’all! And it is fun to share the revelry when bad guys crash and burn, or when some federal agency has a four-star pratfall. […]

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