Author Archive | Jim

Clinton’s Forgotten Dictatorial Tendencies

… posted online today by the Future of Freedom Foundation Freedom Daily October 2010 Clinton’s Forgotten Dictatorial Tendencies by James Bovard It seems like a century since Bill Clinton was president of this country. Unfortunately, the abuses of George W. Bush and the pratfalls of Barack Obama are causing many people to raise their estimate […]

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My “Holy Shit!” Rumsfeld Response Unfit to Print

Michael Tennant emailed me on Saturday to get my response to the news that Donald Rumsfeld would be receiving the “Defender of the Constitution” award at CPAC. He has a very good article at The New American website with quotes from a number of libertarians and conservatives bashing the award. Tennant notes that my “two-word […]

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Book Signing [or ??] at CPAC Saturday Afternoon

CORRECTION: Looking at the revised schedule, it looks like the book signing may be from 12:30 pm to 1 pm on Saturday. Campaign for Liberty has arranged for me to do a book signing on Saturday at 12:30 pm at the Conservative Political Action Conference in DC. I’ll be at the C4L booth in the […]

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Patriot Act and Attention Deficit Democracy

The Campaign for Liberty reposted this 2006 article of mine today, so, what the heck – I’ll pile on. The Patriot Act and Attention Deficit Democracy By James Bovard The American political system failed when Congress and the media recently rolled over in favor of extending the most onerous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. […]

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Egyptian Heroine: “We Do Not Trust a Govt. That Sends Thugs to Kill Us.”

I just listened to a live interview on Al Jazeera English with a 23-year-old woman in Tahrir Square. The pro-Mubarak forces are apparently pounding the anti-Mubarak demonstators in the Square with gunfire this night. The Al-Jazeera host asked why she and other demonstrators refused to accept Mubarak’s promise to hold elections. Salma Al-tasi replied: “We […]

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