Author Archive | Jim

Petraeus’s babe – Paula Broadwell – bragged of being a “sponsored tri-athlete” in Colorado. Did Coors give her $10 to wear one of their baseball caps during a race? Broadwell first “bonded” with Petraeus during a six-mile run. Petraeus obsesses over whether people can run a six minute mile. Maybe he didn’t have enough energy left […]

  This great Tom Toles’ cartoon captures perhaps the best news from last Tuesday’s election. Obama should not forget that more Coloradans voted for marijuana than for him.

So how many years will it be until we learn the full truth behind the resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus? Unless Petraeus was caught on videotape humping the speaker of the Iranian parliament, his resignation is difficult to understand. Unfortunately, this latest development could undermine the rebound of trust in govt. surging across the […]

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online a piece I did for their July issue of Freedom Daily.  This is part of a series of pieces on wetlands policy. The Federal Wetlands War by James Bovard Since the 1980s, federal wetlands crackdowns have been one of the most brazen violations of American property rights. Federal […]

I voted for Gary Johnson for prez.  He did a fine job in the RT debate last night on the issue of Iran and the folly of  making another 100 million enemies of America. I wasn’t sure whether I’d bother to vote – but I had to go out and get beer anyhow – and […]

The most uplifting story I have seen so far on Election Day is from Wired.Com.  Headline says it all: ” 7 Technologies That Will Make It Easier for the Next President to Hunt and Kill You Instead of “Change and Hope,” the president’s campaign slogan should be: “Duck and Cover.” Saw a Twitter announcement – […]

It is appropriate that ‘V for Vendetta’ Day would fall on the eve of one of the most depressing presidential choices of the new Millennium. “Remember, remember, the fifth of November….” The theme of V for Vendetta was pegged to Guy Fawkes Day, which marked the attempt in 1604 of Catholic conspirators to blow up […]