Bogus fears can produce real servitude. We cannot permit politicians to exploit the pandemic to seize vast new power in perpetuity. COVID-19 is a real threat but so too is Leviathan.
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It’s Time to Track the FDA Death Toll
Mises Institute, April 1, 2020 It’s Time to Track the FDA’s Death Toll by James Bovard The Food and Drug Administration helped turn the coronavirus from a deadly peril into a national catastrophe. Long after foreign nations had been ravaged and many cases had been detected in America, the FDA continued blocking private testing. The […]
Libertarian Presidential Candidates on Coronavirus and Open Borders
I was one of the panelists tossing questions at Libertarian Party presidential candidates at the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania‘s convention on March 7. Kudos to 3L Productions for making a superb video of the debate. Larry Sharpe did a great job of moderating the panel. I asked Sharpe earlier in the day whether I should […]
Pandemic Security Theater is Self-Destructive
American Renewal Pandemic Security Theater Is Self-Destructive, And Won’t Make Us Safer James Bovard Contributor March 24, 2020 2:32 PM ET Last week, President Donald Trump proclaimed that “we are at war with an invisible enemy,” and on Sunday he said, “I’m a wartime president … This is a different kind of war than we’ve […]
MP3 Speech at Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania Conference
On Saturday, I gave a talk at the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party state convention. There were so many great folks there and it was a pleasure to speak to a savvy, friendly audience. Richard Schwarz did a pitch-perfect introduction that set the tone for the talk. It’s hard not to like a guy who is always […]
