Author Archive | Jim

GoLeft TV Interview Now Online -Radio Broadcast on Saturday

Mike Papantonio of the “Ring of Fire” nationally-syndicated radio program “Ring of Fire”  recently interviewed me regarding article on “The 9/11 Servility Reflex.”   I just heard from his producer Farron Cousins: “Your interview is going to run on this Saturday’s program, at the top of the second hour. We air from 3p – 6p Eastern […]

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AmeriCorps’ Latest Triumphs

The current issue of Ripon Forum includes a piece I wrote on the case against AmeriCorps and other national service boondoggles.  The Forum is published by the Ripon Society, an organization of liberal Republicans founded in 1965.  The same issue of the magazine features articles by Bob Dole,  George HW Bush, and Chris Shays.  I […]

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Warring as Lying

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from the February issue of Freedom Daily on lying & warring.  Amazing to see how much hokum politicians get away with when they commence killing foreigners….. Warring as Lying Throughout American History by James Bovard                             Freedom Daily February 2008 Americans are taught to expect their […]

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NOW ONLINE Mp3 of the Interview with Brian Wilson

The zippety interview from last Friday with talk show host Brian Wilson is now online here.   (The MP3 list is on the left side).  The same page has surprising background on Brian.   I was not aware of the two weeks he teamed up with Seigfried and Roy. That explains why he dislikes beer.

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Finally – a Good Ron Paul Antiwar TV Ad!

The folks at American Liberty Coalition have crafted a powerful antiwar ad promoting Ron Paul for president. This minute long ad conveys Ron Paul’s passion and his concern about the ruinous costs of the current wars and the peril of Bush attacking Iran. The Liberty Coalition solicited donations to help pay for airing the ad, […]

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Congress Quietly Repeals Martial Law Provision

In late 2006, Congress revised the Posse Comitatus Act and the Insurrection Act to make it far easier for a president to declare martial law. Those changes were repealed at the end of this January as part of Public Law 110-181 (HR 4986), the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (signed into law […]

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