David Stockman was Ronald Reagan’s OMB chief and he led a heroic war against bevies of boondoggles in the 1980s. In recent decades, he has become one of the most eloquent and piercing critics of federal follies at home and abroad. I much appreciate his recommendation on Last Rights -and his tweeting out a punchy […]
Ode To An Icon An Unauthorized “Forward” from the BrianWilsonWrites substack Brian Wilson Nov 30, 2023 My initial attempt can be found below. The reason it’s not up here at the beginning is, for an Ode, I wandered into the weeds of history in an effort to provide a background of appreciation, the motive for […]
The Crazy Covid Copulation Exemption By James Bovard December 7, 2023 Government, Policy, Public Health 4 minute read SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL Covid lockdowns spurred an endless cornucopia of official hypocrisy. Top politicians brazenly violated the restrictions they inflicted on everyone else. But perhaps the most absurd aspect of the pandemic […]
The Two and Only — Brian Wilson and James Bovard S2Ep49 Surprise! Another raucous episode of the 2&O – Talk radio relic Brian Wilson nabs investigate journalist Jim Bovard for an unabashed look at current DC politics and the scumbuckets who work at it. You can listen to the podcast by clicking: https://brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/p/the-two-and-only-brian-wilson-and-4c0?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=1345195&post_id=139516751&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&r=b7l78#play TRANSCRIPT: Brian […]
New York Post, December 5, 2023 Government tyranny comes to Main Street, with the feds more powerful than ever by James Bovard Americans today have the “freedom” to be fleeced, censored, wiretapped, injected, disarmed, detained, groped and maybe shot by government agents. Politicians are hell-bent on protecting citizens against everything except Uncle Sam. “We live […]
Kissinger and my Interstate 81 Epiphany By James Bovard Henry Kissinger died last week. So far, I’ve been handling my grief pretty well. Kissinger was the most esteemed war criminal in American history. Kissinger, who was Nixon’s National Security Advisor, summarized Nixon’s order for bombing Cambodia; “Anything that flies on everything that moves.” In […]
Reason Magazine, January 2024 Janet Reno Is No Hero A new biography by Judith Hicks Stiehm ignores Janet Reno’s many failures as attorney general. James Bovard | From the January 2024 issue Janet Reno: A Life, by Judith Hicks Stiehm, University Press of Florida, 224 pages, $35\ In April 24, 2000, a day after Easter […]
