The Hill, May 9, 2017 Washington secrecy is creating a know-nothing democracy by James Bovard Washington may be more secretive nowadays than at any time in recent decades. Federal policymakers have become accustomed to rationing what they release while citizens are assured that official secrecy makes them more secure. But American democracy cannot survive perpetual […]
USA TODAY, May 5, 2018 Don’t celebrate Karl Marx. His Communism has a death count in the millions. James Bovard, Opinion columnist Published 6:00 a.m. ET May 5, 2018 It’s Karl Marx’s 200th birthday, but there’s nothing to celebrate. His dream of a utopia lead to millions of deaths at the hands of tyrants. […]
Some folks think that I have only recently become cynical. Actually, my skepticism has a long pedigree… xxx New York Times, December 20, 1987 BUSINESS FORUM: ECONOMIC COLLAPSE; Eastern Europe, the New Third World By JAMES BOVARD IN the wake of the summit talks between President Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail S. […]
Mises Institute, May 1, 2018 James Comey’s Forgotten Rescue of Bush-Era Torture by James Bovard In Washington, writing emails is “close enough for government work” to convey sainthood. “Here I stand, I can do no other,” James Comey told President George W. Bush in 2004 when Bush pressured Comey – who was then Deputy Attorney […]
