I have 3 cases of beer, 4 pounds of peanut butter, and 14 cigars. I have never been this well prepared for a winter storm before. I have one six pack of Hop Wallop – should be enough, with the other beer as supporting cast.
Author Archive | Jim
EEOC Vehemently Disagrees with my Wall Street Journal piece
The Wall Street Journal just posted a letter from the EEOC’s chief legal policy advisor vehemently disagreeing with my article on the EEOC campaign to pressure businesses to hire more criminal offenders. Regarding the EEOC lawyer’s final comment – It is unfortunate that Ms. Mastroianni did not specify exactly how much workplace safety the EEOC […]
Friends of Police Object to Article on Shootings by Police
To my dismay, not everyone agreed with yesterday’s article in the Washington Times. The Times printed a letter today by a policeman who believed that lawmen deserve special privileges after they shoot citizens: I was really disappointed after reading “Let’s start by controlling police gun violence” by Jim Bovard (Commentary, Monday). Apparently Mr. Bovard’s […]
Obama Double Standard: Govt. Killings vs. Private Killings (Washington Times)
From today’s Washington Times [thanks to Alexander Hunter for the great art work!] BOVARD: Let’s start by controlling police gun violence by James Bovard There’s no counting of cops who kill President Obama is promoting his gun-control agenda by appealing to “all the Americans who are counting on us to keep them safe from […]
Waco: 20th Anniversary of the ATF Attack on the Branch Davidians
Today is the 20th anniversary of the ATF’s attack on the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas. I thought Waco might be the most important public education lesson of the 1990s, but I don’t see the learning curve yet. Most Americans forgot or never undertstood Waco, paving the way for politicians to commit other grave abuses […]
Supreme Court Boarhawgs Privacy Again
The Supreme Court boarhawged privacy big time this week. Amazing how they declared that Americans have no right to even know if the feds have trampled their privacy. (Excellent cartoon by Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle)
Folly of Leaving “Peace” to the Pentagon Experts
This 1965 New Yorker cartoon – from the dawn of the era of Vietnam War protests – captures the danger of leaving peace to the experts. Daniel Ellsberg was inspired by some of those anti-war protests. I did a piece for the Future of Freedom Foundation in 2008 on Ellsberg’s memoir: ELLSBERG’S LESSONS FOR OUR […]
Ron Redrift
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