Nicholas Carroll, the author of the bestselling Dancing with Lawyers, has a new hit rolling off the press – and the Internet. If you’re looking for a dry shoulder or a box of tissues, this is the wrong book for you. Instead, Nicholas offers straight-from-the-hip advice – based on his long experience in the up-and-down […]
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Mp3 of Jamaican Radio Interview on Torture Etc.
evening-edition-jim-bovard-int Click on the above to hear the MP3 of my recent interview on torture on the Jamaican radio station. (We had a phone problem, so I come on about 3 minutes into the program). I’m the guy on the show without an accent. I appreciate all the effort that Tara of Newstalk FM93 made […]
On Jamaican Radio tonight (8/25) on Torture Prosecutions
I will be on the the Evening Edition, a radio program in Kingston, Jamaica, this evening (Tuesday, 8/25) from 7:45 to 8:00 Eastern time. We will discussthe torture investigations and the high criminals who got away. You can listen live here. [Newstalk 93 FM Jamaica] +*** UPDATE: The hosts were very good but the phone […]
Glenn Beck Transcript; Suggestions on Getting Video?
Following is the transcript of the interview on AmeriCorps with Glenn Beck late last month. I have not been able to track down a video of the interview. (Fox didn’t come through…) Is there someplace where it is possible to order a DVD/video of a Beck interview? ***************** Copyright 2009 Fox News Network, LLC. Fox […]
Torturous Betting Odds for Justice?
So the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to prosecute some CIA agents who went beyond the guidelines the Bush administration authorized for extreme interrogations. This is good news. But will the torture policymakers be exempt from the law? If so, maybe the pimp media will bring West Virginia’s Lynndie England, the star […]
Ginning Up Another Election Scam Abroad – Afghanistan
So the Afghan people will have the chance to prove they are free and self-governing this week. Or at least that is the story the Obama team and most of the U.S. media are shoveling. After the Bush team successfully carried off similar scams in Iraq, it is not surprising that the new regime in […]
Iran’s Worst Barbarism: Honesty About Torture
The current government is Iran is a bunch of damn rascals and thugs, and there are boatloads of questions about the honesty of their last election. The regime’s brutal crackdown on protestors reveals its true character. (But the Iranian government is not novel in this sense: the Syrians have been as brutal with their dissidents, […]
Jim Bovard
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William Anderson
Wash, rinse, repeat. Wash, rinse, repeat. This is
R R Schoettker
What a fitting symbol for the 250th anniversary of
Currin Snipes
I just discovered your moving tribute to Doug toda