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Simon Winder’s Excellent “Germania” Now In Paperback

I blogged a year ago the new book from Simon Winder, who edited Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty back in ’93-94. Germania received rave reviews from the Wall Street Journal, the Denver Post, and other American papers (and even more rave reviews in Simon’s UK). Justifiably – because Germania is an affectionate, amusing, […]

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Franklin Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Fraud

From the February issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily – Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Fraud by James Bovard President Obama has succeeded in seizing new power over health care and other swaths of American lives in part because previous presidents muddied Americans’ understanding of freedom. Most of the past century’s debates over the […]

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Osama Takedown: Biggest Crock of S**t Yet?

Biggest Crock of S**t Yet: “It’s Important to Remember that This was a Covert Operation,” sez Pentagon spokesdude, on the reason for withholding details on Osama’s “resistance” during Sunday’s takedown. Except for the BS the U.S. government shovels to make itself look heroic. The quote is from this Wash. Post story.

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LawHobbit Launches New Blog – Humor Guaranteed

LawHobbit, one of the most astute (if not idealistic) commentors on this blog, now has his own blog. You can see GunHobbit here He welcomes comments, even from disgruntled G-men. He promises “A lawyer’s view of guns and money. And politics. And hobbitry in general.” I always get confused by that last term. Greaseman, the […]

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Press TV Interview on Idiotic US Wars & Idiot Policymakers

I worked hard to flatter my high-level contacts inside the Obama administration in an interview on the wisdom of US warring on Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. The link to the Press TV interview is here. The noise in the background is the sound of a new roof being put on my neighbor’s townhouse. [redacted @#$@#$ […]

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Columbine Anniversary #12: The Forgotten Lies & Cowardice

The American Spectator August,1999 HEADLINE: They Couldn’t SWAT a Fly But police commando teams are still a menace to society. BYLINE: by James Bovard. James Bovard is the author of Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen (St. Martin’s Press). Federal and Colorado officials have transformed the April […]

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