Archive | March, 2007

Feds Shaft Historic Gun Maker

Federal gun experts have too often suffered from a shortage of expertise and an excess of spite.  Len Savage, the president of Historic Arms, a Georgia company, is being boarhawged bigtime by the G-men.   He had an excellent commentary piece posted recently by the fine folks at Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership.  Claire Wolfe has been […]

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BRAVO! One Down, More to Go

It is encouraging that the jury found Scooter Libby guilty on most charges. It will be amusing to watch the conservative elite howl that the verdict is a violation of their sacred right to rule by deceit. If Libby turns state’s evidence to reduce his prison sentence, the White House could need roof repair real […]

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Portentous or Just Gloomy?

  I snapped this along the C & O Canal yesterday. I realized it was too cold when I saw a crowd of Wiccans marching along wearing thermal bras. Ten more days to the Ides of March.

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My Time in the Tower of London

 The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online an article of mine from the December Freedom Daily.   I posted an excerpt of this piece here earlier; here is the full text. MY TIME IN THE TOWER OF LONDON      by James Bovard I visited the Tower of London in May on an overcast, dreary Friday afternoon. […]

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Attention Deficit Democracy a Finalist for Spooner Book of the Year

Kathleen Nelson, the president of Laissez-Faire Books (LFB), notified me today that Attention Deficit Democracy is a finalist for the Spooner Award.  The award, for the Best Book on Liberty in the prior year, is given by LFB and the Center for Libertarian Thought. I’m very pleased to have made the final cut.   Since the 1970s, […]

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