Just when my concerns about Bush were starting to subside…. Bush issued an executive order on Tuesday permitting the feds to seize the property of anyone who threatens “the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq” or who “undermin(e) efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq.” Former Justice Department […]
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Deliberative Democracy Dementia
The Foundation for Economic Education posted online the pieces from the May issue of the Freeman. Here’s my two cents on Deliberative Democracy…. (There are a few extra line breaks in this text; I have cursed it quite thoroughly but the blog software remains recalcitrant). “Deliberative Democracy” Dementia By James Bovard James Bovard (jim@jimbovard.com) is […]
Excellent Report on US Military’s Civilian Carnage in Iraq
Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian have an excellent report in the new issue of Nation from interviews with 50 U.S. veterans on the carnage inflicted in Iraq. Hedges, Al-Arian, and Nation deserve great credit for this report. If the New York Times or the Washington Post had half as much gumption on this issue, Americans […]
Political Ethics Conundrum
from ThinkProgress.org’s summary of today’s headlines – following up on the story of Sen. Vitter’s phone number showing up on the DC’s madam’s list: Sen. David Vitter visited a Canal Street brothel several times “beginning in the mid-1990s, paying $300 per hour for services at the bordello.” Attempting to defend Vitter against the “solicitation of […]
Online Radio July 4th – 6 PM Eastern – Peter B. Collins
Peter Collins, the liberal West Coast radio host, will rebroadcast his recent interview with me tomorrow (Wed.) July 4th at 6 p.m. Eastern time, 3 p.m. Pacific. You can listen online here. It is an hour interview. We had some hearty laughs – especially about a comparsion of Alberto Gonzales to a drunk SUV driver who crashes into […]
I.H.S. LibertyGuide Reviews Attention Deficit Democracy
The Institute for Humane Studies’ LibertyGuide website reviewed Attention Deficit Democracy. Samuel DeConio, who is finishing a doctorate in political science, covered many of the book’s subjects in his article. I appreciate the time and effort he took to read and review A.D.D. His review is very thorough on several aspects of the book that […]
Monday Syndicated Interview Now Online
Scott Horton of Antiwar.com kindly spent a heap of hours last night tracking down a rebroadcast of the Neal Boortz interview. Scott caught & copied the gig and posted it online here. If you haven’t checked out Scott’s Stress blog recently, give it a shot. He is taping interviews with many writers, antiwar activists, and […]
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