Today is the 20th anniversary of the ATF’s attack on the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas. I thought Waco might be the most important public education lesson of the 1990s, but I don’t see the learning curve yet. Most Americans forgot or never undertstood Waco, paving the way for politicians to commit other grave abuses […]
Archive | February, 2013
Supreme Court Boarhawgs Privacy Again
The Supreme Court boarhawged privacy big time this week. Amazing how they declared that Americans have no right to even know if the feds have trampled their privacy. (Excellent cartoon by Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle)
Folly of Leaving “Peace” to the Pentagon Experts
This 1965 New Yorker cartoon – from the dawn of the era of Vietnam War protests – captures the danger of leaving peace to the experts. Daniel Ellsberg was inspired by some of those anti-war protests. I did a piece for the Future of Freedom Foundation in 2008 on Ellsberg’s memoir: ELLSBERG’S LESSONS FOR OUR […]
Economist Pierre Lemieux Reviews Public Policy Hooligan
Pierre Lemieux, the author of The Public Debt Problem and one of the most principled and eloquent economists around, posted his thoughts on Amazon on Public Policy Hooligan earlier today. Here’s his take: A great defender of our liberties, February 25, 2013 By Pierre Lemieux (Portland Maine) -Public Policy Hooligan (Kindle Edition) The problem with […]
Wall Street Journal: “EEOC Exposes Itself to Ridicule on Background Checks”
The Wall Street Journal published 4 responses today to my February 15 article on the EEOC – along with a great headline – “EEOC Exposes Itself to Ridicule on Background Checks”: Regarding James Bovard’s “Perform Criminal Background Checks at Your Peril,” (op-ed, Feb. 15): With the federal government trying to force private-sector businesses to hire […]
Abraham Lincoln’s Forgotten Atrocities
The Lincoln movie is on the verge of picking up a heap of Oscars at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. That movie did not quite capture Honest Abe’s full record. I was raised in a county that was devastated (and lost much of its population) as a result of Lincoln-approved Scorched Earth tactics in […]
On Philly Radio at 4:30 P.M. Today – Listen Live link
I’ll be on the Conservative Commandos radio show this afternoon at 4:30 P.M. Eastern time to discuss the Wall Street Journal piece on the EEOC’s new hiring policy for ex-convicts. Here’s the details on the radio show: “The Host is Rick Trader and co-hosted by JD Gordon, Sam Rohrer, Anna Little, Kevin Wade, JD Miniear […]
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