from today’s Washington Times BOVARD: ‘We deliver’ NOT! Why the Post Office can’t deliver the mail by James Bovard The Justice Department on Tuesday joined a lawsuit accusing Lance Armstrong of defrauding the U.S. government. The U.S. Postal Service spent $40 million sponsoring Mr. Armstrong’s bicycling team from 1996 through 2004, including the years […]
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Claire Wolfe reviews Public Policy Hooligan on Amazon
Notorious freedom writer & hell-raiser Claire Wolfe just posted a very generous review of Public Policy Hooligan on Amazon And he really is a hooligan, too. 😉 By Claire Wolfe “freedom writer” Jim Bovard has written an amazingly cheerful memoir of how he went from being a good, authority-respecting Boy Scout to being the bane […]
Rand Paul Vindicated on Drones & Liquor Stores
It is always painful for me to admit that I was wrong. But maybe I was mistaken to be skeptical about Sen. Rand Paul’s recent assertion during a Fox News interview: “If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and fifty dollars in cash, I don’t care if a Drone […]
Rand Paul Endorses Using Drones to Kill Suspected Liquor Store Robbers
Sen. Rand Paul did great work focusing America’s attention on drone killings last month during his filibuster. I was surprised to learn today that Sen. Paul endorses using drones to kill suspected liquor store robbers: “If someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and fifty dollars in cash I don’t care […]
Waco 20 Years Ago: Hooligan Chapter on “Flummoxing the FBI”
Twenty years ago today, the FBI assaulted and demolished the Branch Davidians’ home outside of Waco, Texas. That assault and the subsequent coverups helped redefine the relation of the federal government to the American people. I wrote about the attack in several books and in articles for the Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Washington Times, […]
Finally! A Terrorist Suspect Trait which I Absolutely, Positively Do Not Share
After years of hearing about how federal agencies believe that the warning signs of a domestic terrorist include people who are gung-ho for the Second Amendment, or who are contemptuous of Congress, and even folks who get perturbed at waiting in grocery store lines – there is a new terrorist warning sign of which I […]
Congress Boinking? New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest
To celebrate Income Tax Week, the New Yorker is having a cartoon caption contest. Submit your entries here. I have not yet thought of any caption that would be even only half-obscene. Maybe I’ll come back to this after I finish up with my 1040.