Will Politicians Revive American Slavery? by James Bovard In the wake of America’s disastrous Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment was enacted to prohibit involuntary servitude. Unfortunately, top newspapers, pundits, and think tanks are now campaigning to nullify that prohibition. Apparently, slavery was evil not because of the unjust subjugation but because plantation owners, not politicians, […]
UPDATE: Interview didn’t occur due to a Zoom snafu. Resched for next week, details to follow. I will be on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal tomorrow morning at 9:30 EST to discuss the Covid testing debacle, spurred by the USA Today piece on Friday. Program will be 30 minutes with callers-in. Here’s a link to the […]
USA TODAY, January 27, 2022 Who screwed up COVID-19 testing? Blame Trump, Biden and our health care bureaucracy. Under Donald Trump, the CDC sent out poorly designed, contaminated tests that recorded false readings. Under Joe Biden, testing is still in shambles. James Bovard Opinion columnist On a bitter cold afternoon last Friday, lines of people […]
New York Post, January 24, 2022 Inflation only goes up and will bankrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats By James Bovard In his victory lap at his marathon press conference last week, President Joe Biden boasted that “I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen” and “I have gotten the critical crises out of […]
UPDATE: YouTube slapped an “age-restricted video” designation on this interview that prevents people from viewing it unless they sign in with their Google account & attest that they are over 18 years old. Holy crap! I hardly cussed at all during that interview. YouTube devoted to assuring that young Americans blindly trust government or what? […]
New York Post, January 14, 2022 ‘Pro-democracy’ and polarizing media are the real threat to liberty By James Bovard American democracy is in grave peril because journalists are insufficiently hysterical and biased. That is the conclusion of a trio of Washington Post columnists and a panoply of other media experts. But journalists’ rush to the […]
USA Today, January 7, 2022 COVID-positive nurses are in our hospitals. But Biden’s mandate forbids unvaccinated ones. There is insufficient evidence to justify forcibly injecting health care workers with COVID-19 vaccines. Strike down Biden administration mandate. by James Bovard Opinion columnist The Supreme Court on Friday will hear challenges to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates, including […]
