My latest article in Freedom Daily is “Ellsberg’s Lesson for Our Time.” I should have read Daniel Ellsberg’s excellent memoirs – SECRETS: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers – long ago. But better late than never. Here is the lead of the article: Daniel Ellsberg is the kind of American who should receive […]
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AmeriCorps’ Latest Triumphs
The current issue of Ripon Forum includes a piece I wrote on the case against AmeriCorps and other national service boondoggles. The Forum is published by the Ripon Society, an organization of liberal Republicans founded in 1965. The same issue of the magazine features articles by Bob Dole, George HW Bush, and Chris Shays. I […]
Ron Paul Supporters Rally at Capitol
A couple hundred Ron Paul supporters gathered in front of the Capitol today to hear speakers @organized by the Granny Warriors. I stopped by mid afternoon. I was told by one attendee that “Ron Paul came by and spoke around 11:15. Unfortunately, the sound system was not yet working at that point.” He said he […]
Martial Law Act of 2006
The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my article from the January 2008 issue of Freedom Daily on Martial Law. Without further ado… The Martial Law Act of 2006 by James Bovard Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in a 591-page bill […]
Brian Wilson Sweeps Ohio
Actually, maybe ‘cleans up Toledo’ would be a more accurate headline. The Toledo Blade, a newspaper that Brian has treated with the same affection that Nixon lavished on the Washington Post, has a hefty, mostly glowing profile of Brian today here. I’m glad to see his superb talent getting recognized in print. I was […]
LIVE ONLINE Thursday morning 10 a.m. – Charles Goyette Show
I will be on the Charles Goyette show on Thursday (11/01) at 10:05 a.m Eastern time. Charles is one of the best talk show hosts in the biz – and he is gung-ho pro-freedom. We will be talking about torture and other Bush legacies. . If you are in Phoenix or much of Arizona, you […]
Complete Text, Syrian Review of Bush Betrayal
Sate Hamza, a Syrian doctor and professor now living in Canada, kindly tracked down and translated the September 17 full review of Bush Betrayal in the Syrian newspaper Al-Thawrah from Arabic into English. He emailed this around 4 a.m. this morning: I found the original review at the following URL: http://thawra.alwehda.gov.sy/_archive.asp?FileName=55888278520070916222749 http://tinyurl.com/2aum3r Here is a full English […]
Jim Bovard
Thanks! I do try to make it warm for them.....
Ron Redrift
Not satisfied with the long list of government off