Author Archive | Jim
Will Affordability Bankrupt President Trump?
Will Affordability Bankrupt President Trump? by James Bovard Last week, President Trump proudly declared: “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situations. I don’t think about anybody.” Will his arrogance seal his political doom? In early 2022, I predicted in the New York Post that inflation would politically bankrupt President Joe Biden. Will the affordability issue […]
Wall Street Journal: This Is No Way to Preserve History (1993)
On this day in 1993… The Wall Street Journal Thursday, May 13, 1993 This Is No Way to Preserve History By James Bovard This is National Preservation Week. While Americans have commendably become more interested in their past, historic preservation itself has unfortunately become a pretext for mass confiscation. In hundreds of locales, the […]
Are We Losing the War for Freedom? FFF Podcast Debate
The Friends of Freedom are getting beaten like a rented mule in Washington. At least that’s my view from the trenches. I debated this topic with my old friends Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling of the Future of Freedom Foundation. The podcast should be good for some laughs, maybe. Here are a few of […]
Will Federal Covid Indictment Turn the Tide on Washington Secrecy?
Will Federal Covid Indictment Turn the Tide on Washington Secrecy? by James Bovard, Brownstone Institute, May 2 2026 David Morens, a former top advisor to Covid Czar Tony Fauci, was indicted on Monday and “charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of […]
Hegseth Bench Press Brouhaha: 1972 Lifting Redeemed
Flashback a couple months: Before War Secretary Pete Hegseth became famous for his “Roid Rage” press conferences at the Pentagon, he gained renown with a video of himself bench pressing 315. I wasn’t impressed. I commented on Facebook: “I bench-pressed that much when I was in high school. Guys past the age of 30 who […]
Covid Conniving Receives First Federal Indictment
Covid Conniving Receives First Federal Indictment by James Bovard, Libertarian Institute, May 1, 2026 David Morens, a former top advisor to Covid Czar Tony Fauci was indicted this week and “charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and […]