I visited Arlington National Cemetery today and saw for the first time the grave of my great-uncle, Major General William Lacy Kenly. He was Chief of Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces during World War One. He received the Army Distinguished Service Medal in 1918 for having “rendered services of inestimable value […]
Did TSA Finally Grab the Wrong Groin? By James Bovard Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the pregnant daughter of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, tore into TSA last week over the abuse she suffered prior to a recent flight. Writing on X on Thursday, she called for abolishing TSA: Writing on X I nearly missed my flight this […]
Here’s my tribute to cartoonist Scott Adams, who is dying from cancer. Adams brightened so many lives with his humor. His BS radar deserves to be prominently displayed in the Smithsonian Institute. spurred via my New York Post piece. It is also posted on Facebook, where it has gotten almost 1500 views so far […]
I will post a link to the online version of the text when it goes live at the New York Post webpage. I will also be making & posting a video with comments on some of my fav Dilbert strips. Here’s the piece: Opinion PostScript The joy of Dilbert: Scott Adams brightened our lives by […]
A New Golden Age of HUD Hokum by James Bovard The Trump administration effectively condemned the downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), portraying it as unfit for federal workers. HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced: “It is time to turn the page on the Weaver Building and relocate to […]
Trump’s ‘affordability’ bombast won’t solve his very real economic problems by James Bovard Is the affordability issue making President Trump schizophrenic? “I don’t want to hear about the affordability!” Trump declared in a Fox News interview last month after falsely claiming the cost of a Thanksgiving dinner would be 25% cheaper than in 2024. After […]
** Bosnian language version of this article at this link December 5, 2025, COUNTERPUNCH Obama’s PowerPoint Death Parade Led to Trump’s Venezuelan Killings James Bovard Photograph Source: Debra Sweet – CC BY 2.0 The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are provoking outrage across the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently […]
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Ms. Podojil, thanks very much for your kind words
catherine podojil
Mr. Bovard,
Thank you for laying it all out so
