Man Killed During F.B.I. Inquiry Said to Have Been Violent nyti.ms/19rGZuV — The New York Times (@nytimes) May 31, 2013 This is the damndest Twitter headline I ever saw. “Said to have been violent” – who said it? We can’t tell you. Who killed him? It’s a secret. Why did the FBI totally change […]
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Talking IRS on Iowa Radio at 11:05 EDT – Listen Live
I’ll be discussing the IRS audit scandal with Jan Mickelson, Iowa’s top radio host at 11:05 EDT. You can listen live at WHO radio’s web page here. Jan says that I am “surly” but maybe this topic will bring out some of his non-Iowa tendencies?
Columnist Charley Reese, R.I.P.
One of the nation’s best newspaper columnists passed away last week. Charley Reese was a beacon of light at the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001. He continued to write columns which were syndicated nationally through 2008, and his pieces provided readers with superb insights into the nature of the government and politics. I […]
My Great Social Conundrum
Maybe the real problem is that these folks aren’t enjoying bottles of beer. Another fine cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker…
ACLU & Antiwar.com Sue FBI for Confidential Records
The ACLU & Antiwar.com are suing the FBI in court to get the FBI’s confidential records on Antiwar.com’s Justin Raimondo & Eric Garris. One FBI agent wrote in a 2004 memo that the Bureau should do further monitoring of Antiwar.com “in the form of opening a ‘preliminary investigation …to determine if [redaction] are engaging in, […]
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Civil War Scoffer
The New York Times’ Disunion series has an excellent essay on Nathaniel Hawthorne by Cynthia Wachtell, author of “War No More: The Antiwar Impulse in American Literature, 1861-1914.” In 1863, Hawthorne wrote to an English friend: “The war-party here do not look upon me as a reliably loyal man, and, in fact, I have been […]
New Yorker Cartoonist Exposes IRS Secret
This great cartoon by Weyant from the new issue of the New Yorker explains the IRS far better than do most recent news stories.
Geoffrey Britain
"On April 5, 1933, Roosevelt commanded all ci
Jim
Ms. Podojil, thanks very much for your kind words
catherine podojil
Mr. Bovard,
Thank you for laying it all out so
Rich Weyhe
Incredibly well written and informative.