Tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal has 4 letters in response to last week’s “Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing” article. ******* James Bovard’s piece criticizing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 8 housing (“Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing,” Aug. 18) viciously scapegoats families who receive housing subsidies. His condemnation of survivors of domestic violence as […]
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FULL TEXT of Wall Street Journal: “Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing”
The full text of last week’s article is now online here – WALL STREET JOURNAL AUGUST 18 2001 Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing Section 8 rental subsidies have long helped ruin neighborhoods. Obama administration policies are making things worse. By JAMES BOVARD Section 8 rental subsidies have long been one of the most controversial federal […]
The FBI and Antiwar.com
Justin Raimondo has an excellent report today on the FBI’s internal documents on Antiwar.com. A blogger filed a Freedom of Information Act request and received a trove of FBI documents, some of which detailed official curiosity regarding Antiwar.com. One of the FBI documents states: ““There are several unanswered questions regarding www.antiwar.com. It describes itself as […]
Wall Street Jrn: Raising Hell in Subsidzed Housing
FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE HERE (except for last sentence & tagline) Wall Street Journal editorial page: OPINION AUGUST 18, 2011 Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing Section 8 rental subsidies have long helped ruin neighborhoods. Obama administration policies are making things worse. .Article Comments more in Opinion ». BY JAMES BOVARD Section 8 rental […]
Military Spending is No Ticket to Prosperity
Press TV interviewed me today on the folly of seeking prosperity via military spending. My rambling spiel can be heard here. Some ideas are so dumb that it is difficult to kick them hard enough.
Mainstream Media to Ron Paul: Just Disappear, Dammit!
The media is doing backflips to vaporize Ron Paul after his near-win in the Iowa Straw Poll. The Washington Post’s front-page article on the Iowa results had only a single parenthetical mention of Ron Paul. Politico columnist Roger Simon has an excellent column today entitled “Ron Paul Remains Media Poison.” WSPD’s Brian Wilson did an […]
BRAVO Ron Paul in Iowa!
Ron Paul finished a very close second to Michele Bachmann in today’s Iowa straw poll – and far ahead of all the other Republican presidential candidates. After all the ‘dissing Ron Paul has received from the media and other candidates, his stalwart finish in the Hawkeye state puts him in great position moving forward. Paul […]
Donald Dalton Jr
Pure Evil through and through!!!
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Jim Bovard
The former #1 radio DJ in NYC has bad news for Yon
Brian Wilson
CAPTCHA snipped the lead:
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