In 2008, the Bush administration decreed that federal agents could copy Americans’ cell phones and laptop data when they cross the US border. Same policy is now in effect and getting far more controversial. Here is my 2011 smackdown of the policy from a speech at George Mason University that was sponsored by the Future […]
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Obama’s Right to Kill Americans Without a Trial
Mi guerra de 40 años contra la psiquiatría My 40 Year War on Psychiatry Spanish
Mi guerra de 40 años contra la psiquiatría by James Bovard, Mises Institute, June 2026 Hace cuarenta años asistí a las reuniones anuales de la Asociación Americana de Psiquiatría en Washington y nunca recuperé la cordura. O al menos eso es lo que suponen los terapeutas basándose en mis escritos sobre su interminable invención de […]
2011 My Speech on Obama’s War on Prosperity and Freedom
Obama had far worse economic policies than most Americans recall, beating the bushes to sway more Americans to take federal handouts. His civil liberties policies were also dreadful. Hat tip to Muriel for the great question after my speech that spurred my riff on dodging border guards and sub-machine guns in the East Bloc in […]
Full Las Vegas 2004 Speech: Bush’s War is a War on Liberty
My 2004 speech in Las Vegas on why the war on terror is a war on liberty. Bush’s war on Iraq is thrashed including the spiraling torture scandal.
My 2004 Speech: Bush’s Wars Doom American Liberty
9/11 at 25: TSA Turned Travelers Into Peasants Who Must Kowtow to Federal Agents
9/11 at 25: TSA turned Americans into peasants who must kowtow to feds at airports. From my 2003 C-SPAN Booknotes interview