Here are my photos of testy folks at today’s Women’s March in downtown Washington. A cold rain didn’t dampen the widespread fury. I suspect there weren’t many Jane Austen fans in attendance.
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2008 Photos from Morgan Ashcom
Seeking to bring order out of the chaos of my hard drive, I came across these photos from a 2008 speech I gave for The Future of Freedom Foundation at George Mason University. (I had to get in one more thrashing of George W. Bush before he left office a few months later.) These pictures […]
FDR’s Worst Perversion of Freedom
Mises Institute, January 17, 2019 FDR’s Worst Perversion of Freedom: The “Four Freedoms” Speech by James Bovard Franklin Roosevelt did more than any other modern president to corrupt Americans’ understanding of freedom. Last week was the 75th anniversary of his 1944 speech calling for a second Bill of Rights to guarantee economic freedom to Americans. […]
William Barr, Patron Saint of FBI Snipers
The American Conservative William Barr’s Connection to Ruby Ridge, Defending FBI Snipers Trump’s AG pick was top cop during the federal siege and killing of Randy Weaver’s wife and son. By James Bovard • January 16, 2019 (Washington Post) The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Attorney General nominee William Barr have focused heavily on Barr’s […]
Toxic Masculinity and “Pure Madness from Psychiatrists”
The American Psychological Association has officially designated traditional masculinity as a de facto mental illness. New APA guidelines specifically state that “stoicism” and other traits are “on the whole, harmful.” No reports yet on whether Marcus Aurelius is spinning in his grave. Apparently, instead of toughing out challenges, people are supposed to spend their lives […]
Karl Marx & the Great Socialist Revival
Karl Marx and the Great Socialist Revival by James Bovard January 9, 2019 Socialism’s popularity is reviving in America. Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez captured a seat in the new Congress and is calling for confiscatory tax rates at the same time Democratic Socialist candidates are thriving in many areas of the nation. The Washington Post reported […]
90 Seconds of 2018 Quotes
Here’s a 90 second video of punchy (?) lines from my recent articles, including whacks against lying politicians, insane wars, loopy protestors, democracy debacles, Obama, John McCain, GWHW Bush. Background fiddle music is from 1920s. Experimenting here…
R R Schoettker
This is what you can expect to have from the ruler
Whoosyer Daddiye
Just wake up an hour earlier every day and you may
Jim Bovard
In 2022, Trump reposted my New York Post oped on R