VANITY FAIR Books Former Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Bob Barr Sued by His Own Ghostwriter by Juli Weiner May 7, 2010, 5:15 PM Bob Barr is in such trouble with his own ghostwriter, whom he has neglected to pay for two years. The book in question is called Lessons in Liberty—not to be confused with […]
Archive | May, 2010
Washington Post on the Barr Campaign Ghostwriting Lawsuit
David Weigel, the Washington Post’s “Right Now” columnist/blogger (covering conservatives and the Republican Party), posted the following today on the lawsuit against the Barr 2008 Presidential Committee: The former congressman from Georgia who joined the Libertarian Party and became its 2008 presidential candidate gets some unwelcome attention from Jim Bovard, a prolific libertarian writer who […]
Bob Barr’s “Lessons in Liberty” #1: Pay Your Ghostwriter
Bob Barr has once again made history. His is the only U.S. presidential campaign to ever be sued by its ghostwriter. In June 2008, after Bob Barr captured the Libertarian Party nomination for presidential candidate, his campaign manager, Russ Verney, requested that I ghostwrite a campaign book. We came to terms, I wrote a book, […]
Obama Makes a Joke About Predator Carnage
So now Obama, like Bush, has made a “joke” that views policies that resulted in killing innocent foreign civilians as fodder for mirth at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Obama at that dinner on Saturday night: “The Jonas Brothers are here; they’re out there somewhere. Sasha and Malia are huge fans. But boys, don’t get […]
Audit the Fed Dammit
Nation magazine columnist John Nichols has an excellent piece today on why Obama should reverse his position and support Auditing the Fed. Nichols mentions that Sen. Bernie Sanders will offer an amendment this week to attach ‘Audit the Fed’ to the so-called banking regulation reform bill: The Sanders amendment would require the Fed to name […]
