Washington Times, November 3, 2016 TWENTY YEARS OF DICTATORIAL DEMOCRACY? by James Bovard The 2016 election campaign is mortifying millions of Americans in part because the presidency has become far more dangerous in recent times. Since 9/11, we have lived in a perpetual emergency which supposedly justifies routinely ignoring the law and Constitution. And both […]
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Hillary Clinton Summons Vagina Voters to the Barricades
Hillary Clinton sent out a tweet today with this photo and the following message: “One week to Election Day. RT this if it describes you.” More than 3000 people have re-tweeted it thus far. I hope that most of the re-tweeters did not look as airy as Hillary does in this photo that her campaign […]
Wash. Times: Hillary’s Anti-Transparency Bargain
Washington Times, October 27, 2016 Hillary’s Anti-Transparency Bargain by James Bovard President Obama recently condemned the Republican Party, claiming that its “central principle” is to suppress voting. But, while his administration piously pledges to protect voting rights, it has almost guaranteed that Americans will be blindfolded on Election Day. While the Justice Department will deploy […]
My 2 Cents on Wikileaks, Clinton, & Watergate
I will be writing more about Wikileaks in the coming days and weeks. But here are some preliminary observations from a recent Press TV monologue: The recent WikiLeaks disclosures about US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reveal the “shocking” calculations of her campaign… says an American analyst. “What WikiLeaks is providing, it’s showing to the […]
Carping on Final Trump-Clinton Debate
Updated on Friday morn – Russian hacking or John Podesta guilty of "grandma's first day on the internet level idiocy"? #PodestaEmails14 https://t.co/RjvWrcQ1eR — James Bovard (@JimBovard) October 21, 2016 Is there anything that #Wikileaks could reveal that would finally force the media to admit the rascality of the @HillaryClinton campaign? — James Bovard (@JimBovard) October […]
FFF: Boy Scouts and the Love of Freedom
Future of Freedom Foundation, Boy Scouts and the Love of Freedom by James Bovard October 18, 2016 Some of my anarcho-libertarian tendencies arose thanks to the years I spent as a Boy Scout. Joining the Scouts was an easy decision, since my father was a Scoutmaster. Even without the family obligation, I might have signed […]
Wash. Times: Clinton’s Forgotten Foreign Aid Fiascos
washingtontimes.com Hillary Clinton’s forgotten foreign aid fiascos by James Bovard Hillary Clinton is the most qualified presidential candidate in history, according to President Obama. Much of her managerial experience stems from her four years as secretary of State. The biggest program she oversaw there was foreign aid, which spent roughly $50 billion a year between […]
