This is floating around the Internet; LawHobbit sent it to me, and it is too good not to post. If anyone knows the original source, let me know and I will properly credit it. **** The George W Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages. The Library will include: The Hurricane Katrina Room, […]
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Daniel Ellsberg’s Lessons for Our Time
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today an article of mine from the May issue of Freedom Daily. Without further adieu…. ELLSBERG’S LESSONS FOR OUR TIME by James Bovard Daniel Ellsberg is the kind of American who should receive a Medal of Freedom. Except that the Medals of Freedom are distributed by presidents who […]
FISA Bashing on Antiwar.com Radio
Scott Horton of Antiwar.com RADIO and I chatted about FISA and other obscenities on Tuesday. The MP3 is now online and accessible here. Scott came up with a zippety title for the interview – “Attention Deficit Police State.” Scott was spooked when I told him the FBI has added skateboarding as a warning sign for its latest updates to […]
The Virtual Iran War Resolution
This is one of those times that I realize how deficient the English language is in profanity. Congressmen deserve far worse hammering than the vernacular allows. Congress may vote for a resolution this week that would be a de facto declaration of war on Iran. Iran poses no peril to the U.S. mainland. But since the […]
Kent Snyder, RIP
Kent Snyder, the head of Ron Paul’s Liberty Study Committee and Ron’s right-hand man for much of the last 20 years, passed away last week. I first recall meeting him when he invited me to talk to a regular dinner that congressman Paul held for fellow-minded members of Congress in the late 1990s. Kent was […]
George Carlin, RIP
George Carlin was one of the most penetrating political commentators of the last half century. He was fearless and merciless to frauds and political con men. He was also a master of the English language. He was an inspiration and he will be missed. He had the best thumbnail summary of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal: “Kennedy aimed […]
Ron Paul’s Good News
Antiwar.com Radio yesterday posted a very informative interview between Charles Goyette and Ron Paul. At about 10 minutes into the interview, Goyette asked Congressman Paul about my comment on the blog regarding negotiations with the Republican party for a speaking slot at the Republican Convention in September convention. Congressman Paul replied: “I don’t know where […]
Jim Bovard
Thanks! I do try to make it warm for them.....
Ron Redrift
Not satisfied with the long list of government off