Author Archive | Jim

There will be a big antiwar march in Washington on Saturday. The march is sponsored by scores of organizations; ANSWER is the prime mover. I disagree with them on plenty of economic and social issues, but they are right on the war.   The main event starts around noon at Lafayette Square next to the White […]

Nicholas Carroll, the author of the bestseller Dancing with Lawyers, has just released a new study – THE LAW OF THE BLOG.   Carroll  offers clear, direct advice on how not to get your tail sued while blogging or otherwise hell-raising online.  (There was a reason why the New York Times, reviewing his last book, declared […]

Ron Paul trumped in last night’s Republican Presidential Candidate Debate in New Hampshire.  His views on Iraq and freedom were shining beacons amidst the black smoke the other candidates emitted. As the rest of the GOP hopefuls tighten their chains to the war wagon heading over a cliff, Paul’s views will propel him forward. Every […]

Thomas Szasz, whose 1961 book The Myth of Mental Illness revolutionized thinking about involuntary commitment, has a new book out:  Coercion As Cure: A Critical History of Psychiatry. Szasz helps people recognize how many issues portrayed solely as questions of mental health are actually questions of liberty.   He has helped open the eyes of generations of Americans to […]

Richard Jewell, the Atlanta security guard smeared by the FBI after a pipe bomb exploded during the 1996 Olympics, has passed away.  Jewell’s experience epitomizes the feds’ ability to turn an innocent man’s life into hell. Here is the section on FBI Director Louis Freeh and Jewell from my 2000 book, Feeling Your Pain: In […]