Archive | November, 2012

Federal Wetlands War

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online a piece I did for their July issue of Freedom Daily.  This is part of a series of pieces on wetlands policy. The Federal Wetlands War by James Bovard Since the 1980s, federal wetlands crackdowns have been one of the most brazen violations of American property rights. Federal […]

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Beer and Voting

I voted for Gary Johnson for prez.  He did a fine job in the RT debate last night on the issue of Iran and the folly of  making another 100 million enemies of America. I wasn’t sure whether I’d bother to vote – but I had to go out and get beer anyhow – and […]

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Happy Election Day!

The most uplifting story I have seen so far on Election Day is from Wired.Com.  Headline says it all: ” 7 Technologies That Will Make It Easier for the Next President to Hunt and Kill You Instead of “Change and Hope,” the president’s campaign slogan should be: “Duck and Cover.” Saw a Twitter announcement – […]

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Happy ‘V for Vendetta’ Day!

It is appropriate that ‘V for Vendetta’ Day would fall on the eve of one of the most depressing presidential choices of the new Millennium. “Remember, remember, the fifth of November….” The theme of V for Vendetta was pegged to Guy Fawkes Day, which marked the attempt in 1604 of Catholic conspirators to blow up […]

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Congratulations to Jan Mickelson for Going Viral!

Congratulations to Iowa WHO radio talk show host Jan Mickelson! A video of his 2007 interview with Mitt Romney on Mormonism has gone viral. Jan raises some questions which should have received far more attention in this election cycle. Jan is one of the most fair-minded conservative talk show hosts in the nation and he […]

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