Archive | July, 2006

Conservatives’ Treason on Free Speech

The American Conservative placed my piece on ‘Conservatives’ Treason on Free Speech’ online today. Here’s the lead and the close – July 31, 2006   Our Dangerous Times Today’s conservatives are eager to trade freedom for security. by James Bovard On June 23, the New York Times and other papers revealed that the Bush administration […]

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Speaking in Arlington, VA Thursday (7/20) night

I will be discussing Attention Deficit Democracy as part of  a panel (along with Reason magazine managing editor Jesse Walker and Elizabethtown College professor  Paul Gottfried) at a  meeting of the Robert Taft Club on Thursday night, July 20. The show starts at 7 pm at the offices (probably the roof) of the Leadership Institute, located […]

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Israel’s Forgotten Record in Lebanon, 1982+

LewRockwell.com posted a piece of mine today on the latest round of Mideast killings.  Most of the piece is extracted from my 2003 book, Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Justice, Peace, and Freedom to Rid the World of Evil (Palgrave). Here’s the lead of today’s piece: As the Israeli government continues bombing throughout Lebanon in response […]

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Thanks to Andrew S. Rogers

Andrew S. Rogers, who has an excellent anarcho-capitalism website, wrote a review of Attention Deficit Democracy that appeared on Amazon on July 4.  I appreciate all the thought & spirit Rogers, one of Amazon’s top reviewers, put into his comments on the book: Outrageous. Over the line. Frustrating. Depressing. Essential., July 4, 2006 “Today is a good day […]

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The Fraudulent Meaning of Elections

The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my Freedom Daily article on “The Fraudulent Meaning of Elections.” Here’s the start & finish – “Politicians strive to make Americans view elections as sacrosanct. Challenges to election results are portrayed as heresies that threaten to destroy the entire republic. After the 2004 presidential election, many Democrats […]

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