Future of Freedom Foundation James Comey and the Unending Bush Torture Scandal by James Bovard The vast regime of torture created by the Bush administration after the 9/11 attacks continues to haunt America. The political class and most of the media have never dealt honestly with the profound constitutional corruption that such practices inflicted. Instead, […]
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USA TODAY: Remember FBI’s Flawed Record in Kavanaugh-Ford Investigation
USA TODAY, October 2, 2018 Don’t count on the FBI to clear up the Kavanaugh-Ford mess. Its record is flawed. by James Bovard After last week’s explosive congressional hearing, the Senate and the Trump administration agreed to reopen the FBI background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Former FBI chief James Comey wrote Sunday that “the […]
My Take on the Senate Kavanaugh Supreme Court Nomination Hearing
The biggest lesson from the #KavanaughHearings is that Americans are fools if they passively rely on the Supreme Court or Senate to protect their liberties — James Bovard (@JimBovard) September 28, 2018 Posthumous winner from the Kavanaugh Supreme Court frenzy – Historian Henry Adams, who long ago labeled politics “the systematic organization of hatreds” — […]
Supreme Court: The Dog That Didn’t Bark
Mises Institute, September 26, 2018 The Supreme Court: The Dog that Didn’t Bark by James Bovard The furor over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh is spurring many commentators to bewail that the Supreme Court has become too powerful. But the real problem is that the Court is now often little more than a fig leaf […]
Politics is Wrecking America – my Podcast with Mises Institute’s Jeff Deist
Mises Institute president Jeff Deist and I had a hoot discussing how politics is wrecking America. The hysteria over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be a Supreme Court Justice is only the latest example of political fanaticism. Unfortunately, Statism makes people stupid. And social media helps settle any doubts.
Podcast: Obama’s Forgotten Constitutional Depredations
Barack Obama is rapidly ascending to sainthood as people forget the sordid details of his abuses of power. Here’s a podcast to revive his record, produced for the Future of Freedom Foundation. Thanks again to Bart Frazier for cleaning up the video & posting it. “Bureaucratic bulldozing? Groping TSA agents? Federal secrecy and aggressive prosecution […]
New York Times: The ‘Of Course’ Curse (1983)
Thirty-five years ago, the New York Times published this satirical piece inspired by editors who stuck lame-assed nitwit phrases into my articles. Happily, I have had no reason to complain about editors since then. Admittedly, it is difficult to find editors who will tolerate “bedamned” in articles these days. The article was accepted by Robert […]
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