from my interview on Press TV – The best solution to decrease U.S. poverty is to “vastly decrease the power in spending of the federal government,” says James Bovard, Maryland-based policy advisor for The Future of Freedom Foundation. “It’s the U.S. government that is dragging down the American economy and suppressing the productivity and creativity […]
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The Most Dangerous Halloween Costume in Washington
I expect that sheepskins are selling well on Capitol Hill again this year. I wonder if Hillary will get her specially-tailored costume from Libya or from Kosovo this year. Another great Sam Gross cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker James Bovard
Obama’s White House of Horrors: Execution Without Trial
The New York Times had a perky cartoon today by Brian McFadden today on the pervasive fears across the ideological spectrum of Obama’s White House horrors. My hunch was that the cartoonist thought the fears were a laughing matter (here’s a link to the full-size cartoon in the Times). And people wonder why cartoonists […]
MP3 of Playing Whack-A-Federal-Mole on the Brian Wilson Show
WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a hoot yesterday flogging hell out of the Patriot Act and its noxious progeny. Dang, hard to believe this stupid act is 10 years old. It has almost outlived my idealism. You can listen to or download the show by clicking here brian-wilson-patriot-act-bash-10-27-2011
Patriot Act: Tenth Anniversary of a Swindle
This is the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Patriot Act. Geez, I didn’t think that this scam would survive this long. But it has served the government well, so there have never been a shortage of apologists for this surveillance regime. After a certain number of years, even the most brazen frauds become […]
About That Happy Ending in Iraq….
The fairy tale narrative from much of the mainstream media over Obama’s Iraq announcement last week is ludicrous even by DC standards. The best retort to the prevailing hoopla is this great cartoon from the Washington Post’s Tom Toles James Bovard
The Soviet Union’s Continuing Influence on America
from the July issue of Freedom Daily, posted online today by the Future of Freedom Foundation – The Soviet Union’s Continuing Influence on America by James Bovard It has been almost 20 years since the Soviet Union officially dissolved. While the nation of that name no longer exists, its legacy continues influencing political thought and […]
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