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World War II, the “No Good” War

World War II, the ‘No Good’ War by Jim Bovard | Sep 1, 2026 September 1 is the anniversary of the start of World War II in Europe. On that date in 1939, Nazi Germany launched an invasion of Poland from the west and a few weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded from the east. […]

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Trump Censorship Machine Loses Again in Court

  VIDEO VERSION OF THIS STORY HERE Trump Censorship Machine Loses Again in Court by James Bovard, August 31, 2026 The Trump administration’s crusade to crush campus criticism took another wallop on Friday in a California courtroom. Federal judge Noël Wise ruled that the Trump administration’s “ideological-deportation policy” brazenly violated the U.S. Constitution. The Stanford […]

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Charlotte Twight, R.I.P.

Economics professor Charlotte Twight passed away this past week.  She was a courageous and principled opponent of the federal abuse of power across the board.  Her training as a lawyer was a huge asset in her analyses of the rascalities of federal agencies. I exchanged some emails with her over the decades but didn’t have […]

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My Ruby Ridge videos get 70,000 views

Thanks to everyone who viewed, commented on, or reposted my Ruby Ridge videos I posted on Facebook and Twitter/X the last few days.   The number of views on my posts is roughly 70,000. https://x.com/JimBovard/status/2090855675760967829 [23,000+]] https://x.com/JimBovard/status/2091140557712007176 [my 1996 Stanford speech] [6,800+ views] https://x.com/JimBovard/status/2091716534129377779  [4,000+ views] https://x.com/JimBovard/status/2091209883567735051 [WSJ “No Accountability at FBI”] 3,400 views https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10239601105239106&set=a.1161173522910 [4,500+ […]

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1572: My Ancestors Were Massacred in Paris

This is the 454th anniversary of the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, when the French king and Pope ordered Catholics to slaughter tens of thousands of Protestants (known as Huguenots) in Paris and elsewhere in France. That was the largest religious massacre in Europe in the 1500s. Queen Margot, a 1994 French film, captures some of […]

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Presidential Entitlement to Kill: the 1998 Bombing of Sudan

Presidential Entitlement to Kill: The 1998 Bombing of Sudan By James Bovard Last week was the 28th anniversary of the U.S. government bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan. Scott Horton, director of the Libertarian Institute, observed last week that that wanton assault by the Clinton administration “helped make a folk hero out of bin […]

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