David Knight and I had a rowdy exchange today on how the British were bayoneting Americans down the road to serfdom in 1775. Our interview was spurred by my article, “1775: Putting Tyrants on the Run.” You can view the 56 minute show by clicking here – or you can listen to the audio by […]
1775: Putting Tyrants on the Run by James Bovard, April 21, 2025 April 19 was the 250th anniversary of American militiamen routing the best army in the world. Seven hundred British troops arrogantly came out of Boston early that day in 1775 to seize firearms and gunpowder in Concord, Massachusetts. By the time the tattered […]
Zero Hedge, April 18, 2025 Bovard Warns Conservatives, Libertarians Over Foreign Student Persecution Cases Authored by Jim 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 […]
Foreign Student Persecution Imperils any American Who Advocates for Freedom by James Bovard, April 16, 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 […]
My old friend Gardner Goldsmith and I had fun thumping the feds on Tax Day. We bantered about where Trump is going – is he verging on “full Nixonian” on some of the crackdowns on foreign students, immigrants, and other targets? Here is Gard’s summary of the show: we “dig into the troubling Trump Admin. […]
On Tax Day, Never Forget IRS Culture Bingo by James Bovard | Apr 15, 2025, Libertarian Institute On Tax Day, politicians and mainstream media will hector Americans to be grateful for the opportunity to pay their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service website touts a moth-eaten quote from a dead Supreme Court Justice: “Taxes are what […]