Shaun Thompson and I whupped a bunch of politicians and federal agencies this evening on Chicago’s The Answer AM 560. Shaun, the host of the Liberty Hour program, mentioned that he first read my articles in Playboy though I never thought I compete against the Playmate of the Month. Shaun was aghast at Biden’s waiver […]
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My 40 Year War on Reefer Madness
My 40 Year War on Reefer Madness by Jim Bovard | June 26, 2023 Libertarian Institute Forty years ago last week, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner published my first attack on the federal drug war. The previous year, the Reagan administration unleashed its “Just Say No” program, vilifying anyone who smoked a joint, sniffed the […]
Thumping Fauci, Biden, and Porn Stars on the Brian Wilson Podcast.
The uproar over Trump’s possible arrest reminds me of an interview with a porn star I read in Playboy. Her advice for guys who pay to boink a porn star: “You probably won’t be good in bed so just try to smell nice.” Here’s the link to the outtake from the PBS American Masters show […]
Stop Trying to Rebrand Slavery
Libertarian Institute, September 27, 2022 Stop Trying to Rebrand Slavery by Jim Bovard | Sep 27, 2022 When did slavery become so chic? From The New York Times to the Aspen Institute to a bevy of failed generals and weaselly ex-diplomats, the caterwauling for mandatory national service is rising. After decades in which political betrayals […]
My Convict Road Gang Summer
Libertarian Institute My Convict Road Gang Summer by Jim Bovard | Feb 17, 2020 I may have been a rube, but I knew enough not to startle the gargantuan glowering prison guard with that double-barreled shotgun propped on his beer belly. As a sixteen-year-old toiling in the hot sun in 1973 alongside convicts on a […]
Podcast on Ruby Ridge, Bundy Ranch, etc. with Peter Quinones
My USA Today oped earlier this week on presidential candidate Deval Patrick‘s role in the Ruby Ridge coverup is spurring some controversy. Here’s a podcast I did last year with Pete Quinones (now with the Libertarian Institute) talking about Ruby Ridge, Bundy Ranch, and the dangers of federal agencies off the leash. You can listen […]
AmeriCorps Boondoggle King Harris Wofford’s Toxic Legacy
American Conservative, January 30, 2019 Remembering an AmeriCorps Boondoggle Boss Harris Wofford’s legacy: expensive, government-directed “service” for silly politically approved causes. By James Bovard Harris Wofford, a former U.S. senator and long-time Democratic political operative who ran AmeriCorps from 1995 to 2001, died last week at the age of 92. The New York Times hailed Wofford […]