Cynicism Redeemed: My 2025 Epigrams by James Bovard 2025 was another great year for scoffing at politicians and Washington. Here are some of the zestiest lines from articles I wrote last year. Trump Returns “Trump’s economic victory proclamations are akin to a bad magician whose tricks are so lame that his audience starts to heckle […]
2016: The Year American Democracy Became “Post-Truth”by James Bovard Was the 2016 election a turning point for American democracy? Did political shenanigans and the election destroy so much credibility and legitimacy that the system will never fully recover? In 2016, ignorant voters were reviled like never before. However, the entire political-media system floundered badly. […]
Trump, Treason, and the New York Times 12/29/2025 • Mises Wire • James Bovard On Tuesday, President Trump denounced the New York Times in a Truth Social post as a “serious threat to the National Security of our Nation” and a “TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE” for publishing an article detailing Trump’s close personal relationship […]
I will post a link to the online version of the text when it goes live at the New York Post webpage. I will also be making & posting a video with comments on some of my fav Dilbert strips. Here’s the piece: Opinion PostScript The joy of Dilbert: Scott Adams brightened our lives by […]
A New Golden Age of HUD Hokum by James Bovard The Trump administration effectively condemned the downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), portraying it as unfit for federal workers. HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced: “It is time to turn the page on the Weaver Building and relocate to […]
Trump’s ‘affordability’ bombast won’t solve his very real economic problems by James Bovard Is the affordability issue making President Trump schizophrenic? “I don’t want to hear about the affordability!” Trump declared in a Fox News interview last month after falsely claiming the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner would be 25% cheaper than in 2024. After […]
** Bosnian language version of this article at this link December 5, 2025, COUNTERPUNCH Obama’s PowerPoint Death Parade Led to Trump’s Venezuelan Killings James Bovard Photograph Source: Debra Sweet – CC BY 2.0 The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are provoking outrage across the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently […]
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