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New York Times: Bankrupt Environmentalism (1985)

On this date in 1985, the New York Times published my “Bankrupt Environmentalism” op-ed. That piece raised a ruckus and was reprinted in the Times’ 20th Anniversary round-up of epic-or-memorabe-or-whatever Op-eds in 1990.  The pervasive waste of the Superfund program foreshadowed the far more ruinous disasters of Biden’s Green New Deal. Robert Semple was a […]

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My 1996 Speech at Stanford Univ. on Lost Rights and Government Tyranny

My 1996 speech on Lost Rights & Government Tyranny at the Stanford University Hoover Institute. I discussed asset forfeiture outrages, zoning tyranny, affirmative action absurdities, Ruby Ridge and Waco, and all-round federal oppression.  Here’s a link to my 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, discussed in this speech.

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Tom Blanton, Awesome Antiwar Artist, RIP

Tom Blanton, Awesome Antiwar Artist, RIP by James Bovard One of America’s most talented antiwar artists and political satirists passed away last week. Tom Blanton did one of the best daily roundups of government oppression and outrages stories on the Internet.  His Project for a New American Revolution was an inspiration for me and thousands […]

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