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October 31, 2012 The American Conservative requested comments on the election for a web symposium on the election, and here’s my cheerful thoughts on the subject If I vote, I’ll either select Gary(1)

My 2012 Election Prophecy: Leviathan Wins Again

Prior to the 2012 election, the American Conservative asked my thoughts on the presidential race.  Here’s my 2 cents (also in the Jpeg below): If I vote, I’ll either select Gary Johnson or write in Ron Paul. This election has almost guaranteed that America will have at least four more years of bad government. Obama’s […]

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Going Incognito in Florida?

Thanks to the Mises Institute for this photo from my spiel last Saturday at their DelRay, Fl. summit. Maybe this is where I explained the decline in American privacy due to Supreme Court justices missing haystacks.

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Sunrise on Delray Beach, Florida

Here’s a sunrise photo I took last week at Delray Beach, FLA. I owe this shot to the calendar: Sunrises are late this time of year just before the end of Daylight Savings Time. No way in Hades I’d be getting up before 6 a.m. to snap pictures. 

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The Sordid History of U.S. “Aid” to Colombia

Also posted on Zero Hedge, Counterpunch, Eurasia Review, The Instituto Rothbard in Brazil created this awesome image for their Portuguese translation of this article. Thanks! THE SORDID HISTORY OF U.S. “AID” TO COLOMBIA By James Bovard President Trump is rattling his saber against Colombian President Gustavo Petro to punish him for accusing the U.S. government […]

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Will Trump End Sham Democracy Promotions?

Reposted by Ron Paul Institute Report, Eurasia Review, Straight Line Logic, Counterpunch, Will Trump End Sham Democracy Promotions? by James Bovard The Trump administration has slashed federal spending for democracy promotion efforts around the globe. That rollback of U.S. meddling is perhaps the most positive foreign-policy reform of the Trump presidency. Since 1946, the U.S. […]

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N.Y. Post: Give Me Liberty Instead of a Trump Coin

.” New York Post, October 12, 2025 Give me liberty: America doesn’t need a Trump coin — or any other presidential currency James Bovard George Washington refused to allow his image on the nation’s coins because it would be too “monarchical.” But will the Trump administration rise above that old superstition with a new dollar coin […]

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