Congratulations, Secret Service! No brawls with whores during Obama’s whistle-stop in Kabul. OK, it wasn’t an overnight visit… * It was inspiring to hear Obama invoking the usual idealism during his spiel from Bagram Air Base. The event was nicely managed insofar as there were no blood-piercing screams during his speech from detainees being tortured. […]
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Feds’ Gross Negligence on Concocting Terrorist Plots? (Not Counting Oregon)
While some people are cheering the latest news out of Cleveland, the fact remains that the FBI has failed to concoct terorrist plots in more than 75 metropolitan areas. The comment from the Infamous Oregon Lawhobbit spurred my memory on the Justice Department’s anti-terror PR coup in Oregon. Here’s my riff on that case from […]
Proof the Obama Recovery has Arrived
Another great NonSequitor cartoon from Wiley

The Folly of Federal Job Training
From the May issue of The Freeman… The Folly of Federal Training by James Bovard his State of the Union address President Obama proposed an array of new federal job training programs. This was one of the more popular facets of his speech, and the usual media cheerleaders swooned. However, Uncle Sam has a long […]
1930s New Deal Poster: What Typeset? Bremen? Or ??
This New Deal poster for the Work Progress Administration (featured in the May issue of the Freeman) caught my eye. Does anyone recognize this typeset?
Guernica: 75th Anniversary – Back When Bombing Civilians was an Atrocity
This is the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica. Indignation about bombing civilians seems like such a historic relic. Unfortunately, this atrocity seems to have been almost completely forgotten in the United States. Perhaps the last time that the most famous momento of that slaughter got any attention was when Colin Powell was shilling […]
Another Grave Question on “Stand Your Ground” Laws
An excellent Twohy cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker