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Click here to see the video of last week’s speech at George Mason University. I want to thank the Future of Freedom Foundation and the GMU Economics Club for sponsoring the event. I especially want to thank GMU Economics Professor Thomas Rustici for the kind words of his introduction.

I will be on the air and on the net this afernoon with WSPD’s Brian Wilson – a great libertarian radio host – hell, a great radio host per se. We will be discussing the 9/11 anniversary and the use of F-16 fighter jets in respond to airline passengers hitting the john. I will be […]

On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks… Here are some epigrams from Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil (Palgrave, 2003): Nothing happened on 9/11 that made the federal government more trustworthy. The Patriot Act treats every citizen like a suspected terrorist and every federal agent like […]

My spiel tomorrow (Wed., 9/7) at George Mason University will be broadcast live on the Future of Freedom Foundation’s UStream station. To watch the video of the event, just click here. You can submit questions via email that FFF will ask during the event. Unfortuntely, the people watching the web broadcast – unlike the GMU […]

I will be speaking at George Mason University next Wednesday, September 7, on “Obama’s War on Prosperity and Freedom.” This is part of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Economic Liberty lecture series. Here’s the basic info – Email me if you need directions. George Mason University – Johnson Center Cinema 5:30 p.m. — Pizza 6:00 […]

Tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal has 4 letters in response to last week’s “Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing” article. ******* James Bovard’s piece criticizing the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Section 8 housing (“Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing,” Aug. 18) viciously scapegoats families who receive housing subsidies. His condemnation of survivors of domestic violence as […]

The full text of last week’s article is now online here – WALL STREET JOURNAL AUGUST 18 2001 Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing Section 8 rental subsidies have long helped ruin neighborhoods. Obama administration policies are making things worse. By JAMES BOVARD Section 8 rental subsidies have long been one of the most controversial federal […]