Radio America talk show host Roger Hedgecock discussed my Wall Street Journal piece on USDA’s billion dollar bias payoff last night. Hedgecock had doubts about the policy’s prudence. Thanks to his producer – Phil McGeehan – for sending me this 3 minute audio clip which you can download or play by clicking on for bovard_part2
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On Iowa Radio w/ Jan Mickelson at 11 a.m. – Listen Live
I’ll be on WHO radio at 11:07 Eastern this morn to chat with Iowa’s top talk show host, Jan Mickelson, about the Wall Street Journal “Rotten Tomatoes” piece. I originally learned about this bonanza when Jan played an audio clip of the Agriculture Secretary whooping up the program when I was on his show last […]
Public Policy Hooligan Hooped on Twitter
Hearty thanks to economist Greg Ransom, the mastermind of the Hayek Center, and to Irish farmer, writer, and freedom advocate Paddy Manning. The journalist I’ve always admired most, James Bovard, has written his remarkable & unlikely life story Kindle $6.95 amazon.com/gp/product/B00… — TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) March 20, 2013 finished Public Policy Hooligan by James Bovard, great […]
Busing Tyranny by Boston’s Best & Brightest
From today’s Washington Times – BOVARD: A bitter lesson from ‘the best and the brightest’ Boston children were sacrificed on the altar of equality by James Bovard The Boston School Committee announced last week that it will finally end almost 40 years of forced busing — long after the policy effectively wrecked local schools. Forced […]
Police in Action: My Fav Photos from DC
By popular demand – well, at least
Texas Congressman Tells CPAC Vietnam was Winnable
CPAC is off to its usual mellow start. TalkingPointsMemo reports: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), speaking at conservative gathering CPAC, declared that “Vietnam was winnable, but people in Washington decided we would not win it!” “If you go to war you better mean it,” Gohmert added, blaming America’s failure to go to war with Iran over the […]
Obama Muffes Title of Born-Again Privacy Champion
Reuters reports that the Obama folks will soon permit far more exploitation of the financial data the feds have vacuumed up: – The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, […]
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The US congress ceased fulfilling its constitution