Here’s the second installment for Epigram Month. These are from The Bush Betrayal (Palgrave, 2004). Some of the Bush-specific epigrams will seem a bit dated, but then so is Bush. As with the first list I posted – I’d appreciate folks’ thoughts on whether any of the listed epigrams are clunkers and should be dropped. Are there […]
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Happy 200th Birthday, Abe the Dictator!
Thursday is the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. I would be perplexed by the Lincoln cult if I thought the prime Lincoln idolizers gave a damn about individual liberty. Lincoln is lionized not because he saved self-government, but primarily because he sanctified and vastly extended Leviathan. Here is a riff I did on Lincoln for a National […]
Farm Fiasco – Introduction Chapter (1989)
When I was doing the blog entries with the first chapters of my books a few months ago, I apparently left out the intro from my first book, Farm Fiasco (ICS Press, 1989). So, better late than never, here’s my bouquet for Iowa et al. FARM FIASCO by James Bovard INTRODUCTION CHAPTER Federal farm policy is […]
Sarah Palin Attacks ‘Anonymous, Pathetic Bloggers’
Sarah Palin is still furious at “anonymous, pathetic bloggers” who defamed her good name last year. Damn, this is so upsetting to me that I’m going straight to Brooks Brothers and blow $25,000 on a new wardrobe. The Associated Press notes that Palin “says sports taught her everything she knows.” I am reminded of the quips […]
Epigrams from Terrorism & Tyranny (2003)
February is Epigrams Month. I will be posting epigrams from each of my books on this blog throughout this month. I would appreciate feedback on this list Are there any epigrams here that seem like clunkers and should be dropped? Are there lines that should be moved closer to the top? Are there lines not on this list […]
More Bush Freedom Hokum
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my piece on Bush’s rhetoric from the October issue of Freedom Daily. After all of his huffing and puffing on freedom, it is no surprise that Bush will set up a Freedom Institute. Heck, I was looking for a good punchline on that inanity, but it may […]
Roberta Novello – My Old Nemesis Back in the News
The last time I wrote about Roberta Novello, she was doing a prohibitionist ax-swinging routine against a company that made Crazy Horse Malt Liquor. I am a fan neither of malt liquor nor Crazy Horse, but Novelli’s heavy-handed demagoguery was too much to bear. Posted below is an article I did for the Wall Street […]
