Mises Institute, January 17, 2019 FDR’s Worst Perversion of Freedom: The “Four Freedoms” Speech by James Bovard Franklin Roosevelt did more than any other modern president to corrupt Americans’ understanding of freedom. Last week was the 75th anniversary of his 1944 speech calling for a second Bill of Rights to guarantee economic freedom to Americans. […]
The American Conservative William Barr’s Connection to Ruby Ridge, Defending FBI Snipers Trump’s AG pick was top cop during the federal siege and killing of Randy Weaver’s wife and son. By James Bovard • January 16, 2019 (Washington Post) The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Attorney General nominee William Barr have focused heavily on Barr’s […]
The American Psychological Association has officially designated traditional masculinity as a de facto mental illness. New APA guidelines specifically state that “stoicism” and other traits are “on the whole, harmful.” No reports yet on whether Marcus Aurelius is spinning in his grave. Apparently, instead of toughing out challenges, people are supposed to spend their lives […]
Karl Marx and the Great Socialist Revival by James Bovard January 9, 2019 Socialism’s popularity is reviving in America. Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez captured a seat in the new Congress and is calling for confiscatory tax rates at the same time Democratic Socialist candidates are thriving in many areas of the nation. The Washington Post reported […]
Here’s a 90 second video of punchy (?) lines from my recent articles, including whacks against lying politicians, insane wars, loopy protestors, democracy debacles, Obama, John McCain, GWHW Bush. Background fiddle music is from 1920s. Experimenting here…
Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank, announced today that he is quitting to take a better paying job in the private sector. This is a good opportunity to reconsider the Bank’s long record of bankrolling tyranny – a sordid practice that continued under Kim’s presidency. For decades, the World Bank has propped […]
Here’s a remastered (?!?) interview with talk show legend Brian Wilson from October 4, 2007. Brian and I had a rollicking discussion about the Ron Paul presidential campaign, Janet Reno and Waco, gun-grabbing politicians, and Attention Deficit Democracy. Brian has a new book – 50 Stories: 50 Years in Radio – which I heartily recommend. […]
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