Author Archive | Jim

Public Policy Hooligan – Now Available at Amazon

As part of the terms of my parole, I whittled up some memoir essays which are now available as an Amazon ebook titled Public Policy Hooligan. It’s the story of going from Helltown to Washington – lots of mischief (and police encounters) along the way. There is a chapter about my clashes with the FBI […]

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Kindle Conversion Whizzes?

Apropos that previous blog entry, software challenges are assuring that I do fail to meet my holiday season profanity quota. I’m trying to convert an  MS Word document into a Kindle format, and have it finessed – except for one minor glitch…. jim@jimbovard.com

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Public Policy Hooligan

As part of the terms of my parole, I have been whittling up some memoir essays.  I will be rolling out an e-book versoin of Public Policy Hooligan on Amazon Kindle sometime in the next week or so (hopefully sooner rather than later). The book will cover my adventures from my first steps in Iowa […]

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My 2 Cents on Rand Paul’s Government Bullies

from the new issue of the American Conservative –   Getting a Read on Rand Paul Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds, Rand Paul, Center Street, 280 pages By James Bovard • November 20, 2012 With Ron Paul’s exit from Congress, his senator son, Rand Paul, is […]

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Israelis “Cutting the Grass” in Gaza

“Cutting the grass” – that’s the term that Israelis use for bombing Gaza. Bibi doesn’t need to worry about running out of “lawnmowers,” thanks to Obama & the US Congress. New York Times columnist Roger Cohen has a good piece on the absurdity of the latest carnage.

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Toledo Loses Its Lighthouse: Brian Wilson out at WSPD

Brian Wilson, one of the nation’s smartest, funniest, and most pro-freedom talk show hosts, is out at WSPD.   Brian announced on Monday: THIS JUST IN: Clear Channel and I have parted ways. I am glad to have had the opportunity to preach the gospel of freedom and liberty to Northwest Ohio. Wish I had the […]

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