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New York Times’ op-ed columnist David Brooks wrote about the “dignity code” earlier this week. And then he confided to a MSNBC host: “I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time. I was like, ehh, get me out of here.” I […]

This image is from a website selling the “Grand Old Gang.” This type of idolatry is enough to make even a non-Presbyterian cringe.

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the following piece from the March issue of Freedom Daily…. Boundless Ignorance versus Self-Government by James Bovard Freedom Daily March 2009 Modern democracy is based on faith that the people can control what they do not understand. As government has grown by leaps and bounds, “government by […]

The Campaign for Liberty posted online an article I wrote today on the lessons of REAL ID. Funny to think how, only a few years ago, opponents of REAL ID were tagged as paranoid…. Real ID: A Real Warning on the Danger of Government By James Bovard The REAL ID Act may be on the […]

Alas, my idealistic hopes have once again been crushed like a bug. President Obama issued his statement on the United Nations International Day in Support of Torture Victims. I wonder if Obama’s ghostwriter was wearing hip boots when this statement was put together. The opening of his statement could have been recycled from the George […]

Murilo Leme kindly translated my latest torture piece into Portuguese. Comemorem o Dia da Tortura Punindo os Torturadores por James Bovard, 23 de junho de 2009 Desde 1997, todo dia 26 de junho tem sido formalmente reconhecido como o Dia Internacional de Apoio a Vítimas da Tortura – International Day of Support for Victims of […]

I will be on the Evening Edition, a radio discussion program in Kingston, Jamaica, with host Lloyd D’Aguilar, this evening from 7:30 to 7:45 Eastern time. We will be discussing US torture in Afghanistan and elsewhere. You can listen live at www.newstalk93fm.com