Author Archive | Jim

MP3 of today’s Scott Horton Show on Public Policy Hooligan

Scott Horton and I had a rowdy time today rattlin’ on about Public Policy Hooligan. Here is the summary of the interview from Scott’s website – we discussed “asserting individual rights in response to arbitrary authority; honing the craft of writing; doing journalism behind the Iron Curtain; US farm policy; the myth and reality of […]

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Federal Wetlands War, final essay

from the September issue of Future of Freedom, published by the Future of Freedom Foundation – The Federal Wetlands War, pt. 3 by James Bovard As the first two parts of this series revealed, federal bureaucrats have been using environmental pretexts to rampage against property owners since the late 1980s. Unfortunately, even after the Republicans […]

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Laurence Vance’s Excellent New Drug War Book

Laurence Vance, one of the most hard-hitting critics of America’s idiotic wars, has a new book entitled The War on Drugs is a War on Freedom. Laurence does an excellent job of exposing the hypocrisy underlying the drug war, the various ways the drug war subverts the Constitution, and the horrendous effects of our drug […]

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On the Scott Horton Show Today at 1 pm Eastern

At 1 p.m. today, I will be interviewed by Scott Horton, the best libertarian radio host on the air in the nation. Scott finished reading Public Policy Hooligan a couple days ago. Scott was disappointed to hear of my long history of failing to get along with the authorities, but he is still willing to […]

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Federal Wetlands War, continued

From the Future of Freedom, published by The Future of Freedom Foundation – If you enjoy this article, you might also enjoy Public Policy Hooligan – my new memoir about hounding federal bureaucrats – and other adventures. Available now on Amazon Kindle. The Federal Wetlands War, Part 2 by James Bovard In August 1993, the […]

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Bad Quaker Podcast today on Public Policy Hooligan

Ben Stone interviewed me yesterday, and he has just put the podcast online at the Bad Quaker site. Ben’s interviews are also broadcast on the Liberty Radio Network. Ben and I had a rattlin’ good chat about Public Policy Hooligan. Ben was especially interested in my secret recipe for marijuana brownies, my path-breaking work at […]

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