evening-edition-jim-bovard-int Click on the above to hear the MP3 of my recent interview on torture on the Jamaican radio station. (We had a phone problem, so I come on about 3 minutes into the program). I’m the guy on the show without an accent. I appreciate all the effort that Tara of Newstalk FM93 made […]
Archive | August, 2009
On Jamaican Radio tonight (8/25) on Torture Prosecutions
I will be on the the Evening Edition, a radio program in Kingston, Jamaica, this evening (Tuesday, 8/25) from 7:45 to 8:00 Eastern time. We will discussthe torture investigations and the high criminals who got away. You can listen live here. [Newstalk 93 FM Jamaica] +*** UPDATE: The hosts were very good but the phone […]
Glenn Beck Transcript; Suggestions on Getting Video?
Following is the transcript of the interview on AmeriCorps with Glenn Beck late last month. I have not been able to track down a video of the interview. (Fox didn’t come through…) Is there someplace where it is possible to order a DVD/video of a Beck interview? ***************** Copyright 2009 Fox News Network, LLC. Fox […]
Torturous Betting Odds for Justice?
So the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to prosecute some CIA agents who went beyond the guidelines the Bush administration authorized for extreme interrogations. This is good news. But will the torture policymakers be exempt from the law? If so, maybe the pimp media will bring West Virginia’s Lynndie England, the star […]
Ginning Up Another Election Scam Abroad – Afghanistan
So the Afghan people will have the chance to prove they are free and self-governing this week. Or at least that is the story the Obama team and most of the U.S. media are shoveling. After the Bush team successfully carried off similar scams in Iraq, it is not surprising that the new regime in […]
Iran’s Worst Barbarism: Honesty About Torture
The current government is Iran is a bunch of damn rascals and thugs, and there are boatloads of questions about the honesty of their last election. The regime’s brutal crackdown on protestors reveals its true character. (But the Iranian government is not novel in this sense: the Syrians have been as brutal with their dissidents, […]
Obama and the Perilous Delusions of Democracy
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article on “Obama and the Perilous Delusions of Democracy.” This was originally published in the April issue of Freedom Daily. OBAMA & THE PERILOUS DELUSIONS OF DEMOCRACY Freedom Daily April 2009 by James Bovard When Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 20, there was euphoria across […]
