Archive | January, 2013

The consensus on Facebook comments of a pair of possible book covers was overwhelming that that damn cigar needed to smoke. The drawing is also clearer, thanks to a slightly less cursed Photoshop maneuver. Might touch it up a bit further – still think the cover could benefit from a bomb, gun, and handcuffs discreetly […]

In the “Helltown Road Gang Blues” chapter in Public Policy Hooligan, I mention a turret that changed my view on humanity – or at least the female half. The turret was built by Italian and German prisoners of war a dozen years before I arrived on that mountainside across the Shenandoah National Park. PPH includes […]

I was pleasantly surprised this afternoon to see a lengthy review of Public Policy Hooligan posted on Amazon. Ragnar Danneskjold took the time to extract a heap of his favorite lines from the book, making for a bouncy summary of the twist and turns of the narrative. I’m glad that at least one other person […]

Three years ago, I conveyed the sad tidings that my favorite pilsner beer would no longer be exported from Germany to the United States.  Fellow DinkelAcker enthusiast Jon Notz alerted me earlier this week that he had learned that DA would soon commence exporting again to the U.S.  An email from DA’s export director, Christian […]

A federal judge has entitled the Obama administration to lie about killing Americans. This is the assured result of a recent ruling permitting continued secrecy about Obama’s assassination program.  Judge Colleen McMahon bewailed the “veritable Catch-22” of rules that permit the Obama administration to declare legal “actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution […]

Champion talk show hell-raiser Scott Horton and I had a rowdy time on his radio show a few weeks ago discussing Public Policy Hooligan.  Scott emailed me his thoughts on the book yesterday:  “James Bovard’s work has been officially condemned by the leaders of virtually every federal government agency and political hack of every stripe. They hate […]

Claire Wolfe has rolled out RATS –  a short book with great advice on how to protect yourself from informants, sting operations, narcs, and similar damn rascals. RATS is the rare book that is both passionate and thoughtful. Claire, with suggestions from folks who comment on her excellent blog, wove together a step by step self-defense […]