I exchanged some email earlier today with Scott Horton over at Stress blog. Here’s his writeup: What the Hell is a “Person of Interest”? I first heard the phrase used by John Ashcroft in his wild unfounded accusations against Steven Hatfill in the anthrax case and here and there a couple of times since. Now […]
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Anti-Torture Activism with a Smile
Neil Alexander, a New Hampshire activist is doing a great job of haunting the incumbents for voting for torture. His signs are here. This haunting and taunting should continue long after Nov.7. And another hitch: malcontents could take the signs down. Maybe we need something more indelible. If these congressmen are going to brag about voting […]
Email Bovard Address is Down – Alternative Email Address
My usual email address – jim@jimbovard.com is not functioning today. My older email address is working – jbovard@his.com I will spare readers the obligatory profanity regarding this ISP screwup. Thanks for folks who notified me that their mail to the jimbovard.com address was bouncing back to them.
Great Hungarian Protest Photo & Police Brutality Video
The photo above is from the UK Guardian. There is a short video of police brutality against Budapest demonstrators on YouTube here. Hat tip to Daniel MacAdams, who spent most of the 1990s in Budapest.
“Every Day is 1956”: The Hungarian Revolution Today
The Future of Freedom Foundation is shotgunning out an op-ed I wrote on the Hungarian Revolution, then and now. Here’s the piece. “Every Day is 1956:” The Hungarian Revolution Today by James Bovard Friends of freedom should doff their hats to the Hungarians this week. Fifty years ago, the Hungarian people bravely expelled Soviet tanks […]
LISTEN LIVE – Thursday (10/26) – on the Brian Wilson Radio Show
Brian Wilson, one of the best talk show hosts in the country, invited me on his show tomorrow (Thursday, 10/26) at 4:30 pm Eastern time for half an hour. You can listen live here. He is on WSPD in Toledo, 1370 AM. Should be plenty of laughs, especially about torture and Bush.
Live Online Today (10/25) at 2 PM Eastern – Salt Lake City radio
I will be on the “Born on the Fourth of July” radio show with host Barbara Whiteley today (Wed., 10/25) for one hour starting at 2 p.m. Eastern time. You can listen live on the net here (link is in the upper right corner). The station is at 630 AM on the dial.