The Wall Street Journal piece on USDA’s billion dollar bonanza for “discrimination” victims is generating funny comments on the WSJ website. Here’s a sample: Diane Eicher: “Veggies. I would have planted more but ran out of pots. A loan would have increased the output. Where’s the money?” Chris Henry: “I’m pretty sure my wife sold […]
I’ll be on WHO radio at 11:07 Eastern this morn to chat with Iowa’s top talk show host, Jan Mickelson, about the Wall Street Journal “Rotten Tomatoes” piece. I originally learned about this bonanza when Jan played an audio clip of the Agriculture Secretary whooping up the program when I was on his show last […]
WALL STREET JOURNAL March 21, 2013 Rotten Tomatoes for a Billion-Dollar Farm Payout Calling all women and Hispanics who once thought about applying for a loan. By JAMES BOVARD Are you a woman or a Hispanic who planted a backyard garden between 1981 and 2000? Did you ever dream of asking for a loan for […]
Hearty thanks to economist Greg Ransom, the mastermind of the Hayek Center, and to Irish farmer, writer, and freedom advocate Paddy Manning. The journalist I’ve always admired most, James Bovard, has written his remarkable & unlikely life story Kindle $6.95 amazon.com/gp/product/B00… — TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) March 20, 2013 finished Public Policy Hooligan by James Bovard, great […]
From today’s Washington Times – BOVARD: A bitter lesson from ‘the best and the brightest’ Boston children were sacrificed on the altar of equality by James Bovard The Boston School Committee announced last week that it will finally end almost 40 years of forced busing — long after the policy effectively wrecked local schools. Forced […]
Musing how Bush’s war on terror and invasion of Iraq ten years ago changed the world… Here’s one of my old fav pieces first published in 2006 by the Future of Freedom Foundation, supplemented with a few photos I took. When I visited the Tower of London, I was mesmerized by Traitor’s Gate. I wondered […]
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