Fifteen years ago today, the Wall Street Journal published my memoir story on how the Virginia Highway Department ruined my work ethic for life. . That job taught me more about political economy than I ever learned in a classroom. The photo isn’t me – I doubt the highway department would have kept such photos […]
Time to End TSA License to Loot By James Bovard For more than a decade, TSA agents have plundered passengers at airport security checkpoints on the flimsiest or most shameless pretexts. If you get stopped at an airport security checkpoint with $100 or more in cash, TSA agents can fleece you. More than 10,000 travelers […]
Will Affordability Bankrupt President Trump? by James Bovard Last week, President Trump proudly declared: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situations. I don’t think about anybody.” Will his arrogance seal his political doom? In early 2022, I predicted in the New York Post that inflation would politically bankrupt President Joe Biden. Will the affordability issue […]
On this day in 1993… The Wall Street Journal Thursday, May 13, 1993 This Is No Way to Preserve History By James Bovard This is National Preservation Week. While Americans have commendably become more interested in their past, historic preservation itself has unfortunately become a pretext for mass confiscation. In hundreds of locales, the […]
The Friends of Freedom are getting beaten like a rented mule in Washington. At least that’s my view from the trenches. I debated this topic with my old friends Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling of the Future of Freedom Foundation. The podcast should be good for some laughs, maybe. Here are a few of […]
Will Federal Covid Indictment Turn the Tide on Washington Secrecy? by James Bovard, Brownstone Institute, May 2 2026 David Morens, a former top advisor to Covid Czar Tony Fauci, was indicted on Monday and “charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of […]
Jim
Thanks for the insight. A J Nock remains invaluabl
R R Schoettker
“Compelling TSA to cease plundering travelers…
Jim
Good quip, hadn't heard that one before.
R R Schoettker
“….putting Uncle Sam back on a constitutional
Jim
Yep. I would be plenty happy to be wrong on this s
