Los Angeles Times Op-Ed December 16, 2011 U.S. mail: Slow and slower The Postal Service has been intentionally slowing down first-class mail for almost 50 years. By James Bovard The U.S. Postal Service announced plans this month to phase out overnight delivery of first-class mail. Postal officials are portraying the decision as a painful but […]
Archive | December, 2011
My Drunken Wisdom on Foreign Aid on Fox News
I had a couple cameos in the two-part Fox News report this week on foreign aid. At one point in the sit-down interview with Fox’s John Roberts, he mentioned a couple foreign aid “success stories.” I doubted the success claims but I commented that there had been so many programs over the years, that….. Well, […]
On Fox News Tonight, Probably – on Foreign Aid
Just received an email from Fox News regarding an interview that I taped with them last Wednesday. The topic was foreign aid – a subject near and dear to my heart. “We just wanted to let you know that the two part series will begin airing tonight on Special Report with Bret Baier, which is […]
Karzai Solves Mystery of Afghan Corruption
Afghan frontman Hamid Karzai announced this past weekend that foreigners are to blame for the rampant corruption his country. It is true that foreign aid has helped bring out the worst in many Afghan wheeler-dealers. But Karzai and his cronies would likely be looting regardless of whether Uncle Sam air-dropped billions onto his land. New […]
70 Years After Pearl Harbor: New Book On FDR’s Lying Path to War
Wednesday is the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Americans have still not learned all the details of what the U.S. government knew prior to the attack. The Japanese attack was inexucsable, but Franklin Roosevelt’s actions played a far greater role in that debacle than most Americans realize. Thomas Fleming’s FDR and […]
MP3 – Hammering Foreign Aid Corruption and Afghan Lies on Antiwar.com Radio
Antiwar.com radio host Scott Horton and I had a jolly time exposing the frauds behind Afghan aid and other foreign policy charades. It is amazing how Afghan aid would retain any credibility in the American media. Why the ignorance and the kowtowing to the Official Line from the White House, Pentagon, and Karzai? Scott made […]
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