The biggest shocker in this interview was Scott’s revelation that he became radicalized in 1997 by listening to the Rush Limbaugh Show. Considering how Scott’s superb work making Antiwar.com and the Libertarian Institute influential around the globe, this requires re-thinking Limbaugh’s legacy. Scott and I recapped the story of the FBI’s role in the 1993 […]
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N.Y. Post: New media hoax: Millions to starve with a pandemic benefit ending
New York Post, March 7, 2023 New media hoax: Millions to starve with a pandemic benefit ending By James Bovard Tens of millions of Americans are tottering on a “hunger cliff,” guaranteeing mass suffering and maybe even starvation. That is the refrain from CBS News, Salon, Business Insider and plenty other outlets. But the latest […]
Biden Weaponizes Hate to Win Votes
Biden Weaponizes Hate to Win Votes by James Bovard March 6, 2023 Historian Henry Adams observed a century ago that politics “has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.” President Biden confirmed this axiom in his raging speeches prior to the mid-term congressional elections. Throughout his career, Biden has relied on a two-step routine —first appealing […]
N.Y. Post: Biden’s laughable, late-to-the-game ‘crackdown’ on massive COVID fraud
New York Post, March 4, 2023 Biden’s laughable, late-to-the-game ‘crackdown’ on massive COVID fraud by James Bovard Like a drunkard pledging to drink one less pint of whiskey a year, President Joe Biden is promising to rescue Americans from COVID fraud. House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) aptly labeled COVID fraud as “the […]
N.Y. Post: How the feds spend $74M a year to Censor Americans
New York Post, March 3, 2023 How the feds spend $74M a year to try to censor Americans by James Bovard Have you ever tweeted about Russia? You could be tarred as an “unwitting proliferator of Russian narratives” by US government scorekeepers. Do you support the French “yellow vest” anti-lockdown protests? You are “Russia-aligned,” according […]
Congressional Conniptions, FBI Perfidy, and Zaxby’s Chicken on the Brian Wilson Podcast
from the Something Completely Different website: “This week, Brian and Jim discuss Congressional Committee hearings, leading to memories of Janet Reno, Waco, the first World Trade Center bombing, governmental responsibility, the Fed… and fast food.” At the end of the podcast, Brian Wilson touted my Public Policy Hooligan as an “action-romance thriller.” I scoffed: “Not […]
30th Anniversary of the FBI’s Biggest ‘Bomb’
30th Anniversary of the FBI’s Biggest ‘Bomb’ by James Bovard Thirty years ago this past Sunday, the largest terrorist attack in American history up to that point occurred when a 1200-pound bomb exploded beneath the World Trade Center in New York City. It was sheer luck that the explosion did not topple the entire skyscraper […]