PEACH PICKING PHILOSOPHER – Peaches propelled my early descent to the Dark Side. When I was 15, I spent the summer working in an orchard with an endlessly enraged ex-drill sergeant as foreman. That job nourished my cynicism, cigar smoking, and my devotion to self-employment. Most important: the philosophical lesson drawn from a hard-drinking co-worker […]
Archive | August, 2024
Does Bad Comedy Make a Good Rift? Political Writing Damned? Brian Wilson Podcast
Brian Wilson and I had fun smacking around the media, Kamala, and other incorrigibles. I recapped a local comedy show I saw last weekend that seemed intent on pummeling the audience. Brian and I agreed that the lies permeating the 2024 presidential campaign are not democracy at its finest. Here are a few of my […]
Nixon’s Resignation and America’s Impunity Democracy
Nixon’s Resignation and America’s Impunity Democracy by James Bovard, August 13, 2024 August 8 was the fiftieth anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation. Unfortunately, that anniversary spurred little reflections or lamentations on how lawless the federal government has become in the subsequent half century. Aside from his Watergate abuses, Nixon was guilty of illegally invading […]
Buy a Bible, Become a Terror Suspect
Buy a Bible, Become a Terror Suspect James Bovard, August 12, 2024 Americans are familiar with the Miranda warning that anything that arrestees say can be used against them in a court of law. But the Biden administration secretly created a new tripwire: Anything you purchase can be used against you. And if you didn’t […]
N.Y. Post – YouTube: Gov. Tim Walz, Covid Fraud and Missing 100 Million Meals
Thanks a lot, folks! This video has more than 50,000 views on YouTube. It also has a heap of views directly on the New York Post webpage but I don’t have a count there.
N.Y. Post: In Minnesota’s $250M fraud scandal, Walz bowed to race-hustling scammers
New York Post, August 8, 2024 In Minnesota’s $250M fraud scandal, Walz bowed to race-hustling scammers by James Bovard Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday heralded Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the running mate who will “unify this country.” But Walz’s history of turning a blind eye to the plunder of politically favored racketeers suggests he’ll […]
Kamala’s press chief tried to censor me
Kamala’s press chief tried to censor me by James Bovard, August 5, 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is not missing any chance to condemn Republicans for threatening to censor libraries and school textbooks. But she is overlooking the heavy-handed record of her chief spokesperson, Brian Fallon. Unfortunately, a recent Supreme Court decision opens the […]