A friend in Front Royal sent me a notice of a special celebration this coming Saturday to mark the 120th birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Sherman, a legendary pediatrician who served Warren County for 55 years. Dr. Sherman patched me up more times than I can recall. She also delivered more than 2000 babies – not […]
The American Conservative, August 2, 2019 This Reader’s Digest Editor Was One Tough, Conservative Cookie Bill Schulz, who died July 22, wasn’t afraid to publish articles taking down government boondoggles in America’s most accessible magazine. By Jim Bovard • August 2, 2019 ++Photo: Bill Schulz. (Courtesy of Jim Bovard) My old friend Bill Schulz passed […]
After speaking at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas, I drove north past the official Area 51 Alien Cathouse, sliced across Death Valley (plot thickened by the malfunctioning Chevy S.U.V. engine warning light), drove up through the eastern Sierras (an absolutely glorious and underrated destination), visited Yosemite, and concluded with a couple days in San Francisco, […]
I was on the Future of Freedom Foundation panel at Freedom Fest in Las Vegas. Jacob Hornberger, Richard Ebeling, and I had fun trying to rev (rile?) up the audience regarding the ongoing destruction of liberty. What the heck – some audiences don’t like jokes about the TSA or hitchhiking. Folks did enjoy the gun […]
My old friend Bill Schulz passed away this week after a hard fight with multiple illnesses. Bill, who was born in 1939, was one of the most talented editors I ever had the pleasure of working with. For more than 30 years, Bill was the Washington editor for Reader’s Digest when the Digest was by […]
Hate crimes are a hot topic in the Trump era. Here’s a piece I wrote 19 years ago that was published in the Washington Times and (probably) syndicated by Knight Ridder News Service. The government can never commit a “hate crime” against private citizens because federal agents are almost always presumed to have good intentions […]