I’ll be discussing the IRS audit scandal with Jan Mickelson, Iowa’s top radio host at 11:05 EDT. You can listen live at WHO radio’s web page here. Jan says that I am “surly” but maybe this topic will bring out some of his non-Iowa tendencies?
Columnist Charley Reese, R.I.P.
One of the nation’s best newspaper columnists passed away last week. Â Charley Reese was a beacon of light at the Orlando Sentinel from 1971 to 2001. Â He continued to write columns which were syndicated nationally through 2008, and his pieces provided readers with superb insights into the nature of the government and politics. I never […]
My Great Social Conundrum
Maybe the real problem is that these folks aren’t enjoying bottles of beer. Another fine cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker…
The Continuing Forfeiture Scourge
From the Future of Freedom Foundation‘s Future of Freedom magazine – THE CONTINUING FORFEITURE SCOURGE by James Bovard A federal crime wave is sweeping the nation, and prosecutors and G-men could not be happier about it. The Wall Street Journal reported that government “forfeiture programs confiscated homes, cars, boats, and cash in more than 15,000 cases [in 2010]. […]
MP3 Podcast of Today’s IRS Interview with WWL’s Garland Robinette
New Orleans’ radio host Garland Robinette and I  had a jolly time kicking around IRS history today on WWL radio. Listening to the traffic report before the show began, I was amused to hear a reference to the “Huey Long Bridge.” Since my Wall Street Journal piece talked about FDR’s targeting of Huey Long, it was […]
On WWL Radio at 12:35 P.M. Paying Homage to IRS
I’ll be paying homage to the IRS on Garland Robinette’s Think Tank talk show on on WWL radio in New Orleans at 12:35 Eastern time today. WWL is at 870 AM and 105.3 FM and you can listen live by clicking here. I’m not expecting the IRS’s Lois Lerner to call in during the show […]
ACLU & Antiwar.com Sue FBI for Confidential Records
The ACLU & Antiwar.com are suing the FBI in court to get the FBI’s confidential records on Antiwar.com’s Justin Raimondo & Eric Garris. One FBI agent wrote in a 2004 memo that the Bureau should do further monitoring of Antiwar.com “in the form of opening a ‘preliminary investigation …to determine if [redaction] are engaging in, […]