At this critical time in our history, we are very lucky that both our president and his killer drones are infallible. I am surprised at how most of the mainstream media is reacting to the U.S. government’s killing of two American citizens – Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and magazine editor Samir Khan. (I wrote about […]
Archive | September, 2011
Warren Commission Report: “Deep-Rooted Resentment of All Authority” – the root of all evil
This is the anniversary of the 1964 release of the Warren Commission report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The New York Times has reposted its front-page story from that day here. The Times’ notes that the Warren Commission report “listed as factors that might have led Oswald to the assassination ‘his deep-rooted […]
Daily Bell Interview: Life is Too Short to Drink Bad Beer
The good folks at Daily Bell interviewed me last week. Here is the result: James Bovard on His Famous Libertarian Books, America’s Failing Freedom and ‘Why Life Is too Short to Drink Bad Beer’Sunday, September 25, 2011 – with Anthony Wile Introduction: James Bovard is the author of nine books, including Attention Deficit Democracy (2006), […]
Wall Street Journal Letters: Republican Idealist or Labor Department contractor?
The Wall Street Journal published 3 letters today in response to my piece last week on the failure of federal job training programs. The second letter perplexed me: Surely Bob Dole, Howard Baker, Orrin Hatch, Dan Quayle, Nancy Kassebaum, Jim Jeffords, Mike DeWine and Mike Enzi were not supporting “overlap and duplication . . . […]
New Book: Szasz Quotationary: The Wit and Wisdom of Thomas Szasz
One of the most eloquent defenders of freedom has a new book that captures the breadth of his thought over more than 5 decades. The Szasz Quotationary: The Wit and Wisdom of Thomas Szasz has just been released in Kindle form. You can purchase the book from Amazon here. Though Szasz is a native Hungarian, […]
Blog Breakdown: Cartoon Explains All
As a paranoid book promoter, I can truly appreciate this cartoon. At least this blog never has any knitting references. [great Roz Chast cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker]
MP3 of Antiwar.com Radio Interview on Terrorism Nonsense
Scott Horton and I had a jolly round of target shooting at some of the ludicrous ideas driving the war on terrorism. You can hear (or download) the 19 minute interview’s MP3 file /podcast by clicking on scott-horton-antiwar-11_09_16_bovard
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