I had fun joining Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling on the Future of Freedom Foundation Libertarian Alternative podcast yesterday. I was bummed that Richard wasn’t wearing a Clemson National Champions hat (Richard is now a professor at The Citadel). We had fun rehashing some of the prime debacles of the last 8 years. Half way […]
Obama: ""We have taken out tens of thousands of terrorists." Is he counting the wedding parties he droned? #FarewellObama — James Bovard (@JimBovard) January 11, 2017 Obama invokes "The rule of law that holds leaders accountable." He favors resuming that on January 20, right? #FarewellObama — James Bovard (@JimBovard) January 11, 2017 Obama quotes Washington's […]
PeaceCorpsWorldWide reposted a 2011 Future of Freedom Foundation article I wrote, “The Forgotten Failures of the Peace Corps.” Several former Peace Corps recruits denounced the piece: Andy Martin characterized the piece as “a one-sided hatchet job.” Leo Cecchini complained that my article was “a totally fatuous report devoid of any import. And this guy is a […]
USA TODAY: Trump must expose Obama-era power grabs: Column By James Bovard, January 6, 2017 Opening the books on the outgoing administration would be a booster shot for democracy. President-elect Donald Trump will face pervasive doubts about his legitimacy from the day he takes office. His opponents will likely portray him as governing in unprecedented […]
The Wall Street Journal today published several testy letters responding to my December 11 article, “Living Off the Fat of Washington.” Here they are: Land-Rich Farmers Still Struggle to Survive Dec. 21, 2016 4:40 p.m. ET James Bovard is correct in several of his observations relating to the Agricultural Department’s outdated farm-subsidy programs, but off the […]
Ross Kaminsky, morning host on Denver’s 630 AM KHOW, had me on his show this morning to pay disrespect to farm subsidies (spurred by Monday’s Wall Street Journal article). We had fun talking about the cotton program payoff to Brazilian farmers, how the sugar program destroys jobs, and why politicians sabotage the public interest. Ross is […]
Future of Freedom Foundation The Fraudulent Obama War on Corruption by James Bovard December 15, 2016 The Obama administration wants Americans to believe that it is fiercely anti-corruption. “I have been shocked by the degree to which I find corruption pandemic in the world today,” declared Secretary of State John Kerry at an Anti-Corruption Summit […]
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