WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a rowdy time today discussing wine (he eschews brown bags) and the federal panel crafting a national index for Subjective Well Being. You can listen or download the MP3 by clicking on the following link – bovard-brian-wilson-show-5-10-2012-happiness-index-wine The interview lasted about 14 minutes.
Author Archive | Jim
Oh No!!! My Writing Style is Passe!!!
Bad news from this cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker. This is going to be hell on online discussions.
Wall Street Journal: Don’t Trust the Feds’ Happiness Index
My piece in Monday’s Wall Street Journal on one of the more ludicrous recent efforts to redefine reality… Wall Street Journal Don’t Worry (About GDP), Be Happy With the economy slow and joblessness high, the feds want a new way to measure well-being. by James Bovard In recent years, numerous experts have declaimed that the […]
“So What Have You Been Writing On Lately?”
Best Puncturing of Obama’s Ludicrous Afghan Victory Tour
Congratulations, Secret Service! No brawls with whores during Obama’s whistle-stop in Kabul. OK, it wasn’t an overnight visit… * It was inspiring to hear Obama invoking the usual idealism during his spiel from Bagram Air Base. The event was nicely managed insofar as there were no blood-piercing screams during his speech from detainees being tortured. […]
Feds’ Gross Negligence on Concocting Terrorist Plots? (Not Counting Oregon)
While some people are cheering the latest news out of Cleveland, the fact remains that the FBI has failed to concoct terorrist plots in more than 75 metropolitan areas. The comment from the Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit spurred my memory on the Justice Department’s anti-terror PR coup in Oregon. Here’s my riff on that case from […]
Proof the Obama Recovery has Arrived
Another great NonSequitor cartoon from Wiley
