

Schools Make Kids Crazy
Schools Make Kids Crazy By James Bovard September 1, 2025 Almost one-third of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill to bring “universal mental health screening” to two million Illinois students as part of his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative. But this […]
Canadian Hikers Get the COVID-Style Tyranny Treatment
Also posted on ZeroHedge etc. with 350 comments Canadian Hikers Get the COVID-Style Tyranny Treatment by Jim Bovard | Sep 1, 2025 Canadian politicians are creating one bonfire after another of freedom and individual rights. COVID crackdowns established persecution precedents that politicians in some provinces refuse to allow to gather dust. Politicians are claiming the right […]

Politicians Multiply Mental Illnesses
Politicians Multiply Mental Illnesses by James Bovard, August 25, 2025 Almost 25% of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill to bring “universal mental health screening” to two million Illinois students as part of his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative. But this rescue […]

How Much Free Speech Will Trump Destroy?
How Much Free Speech Will Trump Destroy? Counterpunch, August 22, 2025 “If it is known that authorities have power to coerce, few people will wait for actual coercion,” economist Friedrich Hayek wrote in the 1956 foreword to his 1944 classic The Road to Serfdom. Hayek’s insight could be the Rosetta Stone for understanding the Trump […]

Another Federal War on Free Speech
Another Federal War on Free Speech by James Bovard “If it is known that authorities have power to coerce, few people will wait for actual coercion,” economist Friedrich Hayek wrote in the 1956 foreword to his 1944 classic The Road to Serfdom. Hayek’s insight could be the Rosetta Stone for understanding the Trump administration’s zealotry […]

N.Y. Post: Schools Latest Mental Wrecking Ball for Kids
JB Pritzker’s school-screening law mandates more mental illness — and your state could be next, parents James Bovard 6–7 minutes Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed a bill to compel all Illinois schools to offer students mental-health screenings. Pritzker proclaimed the new law “is a national first worth celebrating.” But his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation […]