James Bovard

Okay, that headline is a bit of an overstatement. They were too lethargic to be a lynch mob. But much of that audience would been happy to see a liberal dose of tar and feathers applied to my hide. Following is an excerpt from the “Lambasting the Labor Department” chapter of Public Policy Hooligan. The […]

Jan Mickelson, the king of Iowa radio, and I will palaver about the Wall St. Journal EEOC tribute this morning around 10:15 a.m. Eastern time on WHO radio. You can listen live here. or by tuning in to 1040 AM in Iowa and nearby turf.

I have been losing sleep trying to figure out the Wall Street Journal illustration attached to my tribute to the EEOC ever since the article was placed online Thursday night. This is more confounding than a New Yorker cartoon. Not sure who the little red men are supposed to be. EEOC bureaucrats? I may have […]

This cartoon from the new issue of the New Yorker perfectly nails the absurd presumptions behind Obama’s drone policy. on Twitter @jimbovard FWIW – here’s a piece I did on this topic back in 2011 – The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com Assasination nation: Are there any limits on President Obama’s license to kill?As part […]

Mike McConnell, a talk show host at Chicago’s WGN, interviewed me today on the Wall Street Journal article on the EEOC’s campaign to browbeat businesses into hiring ex-convicts. We had zippety conversation jibing the feds. I especially appreciated him working in a plug for Public Policy Hooligan. You can download or listen to the interview […]

Mike Rosen, the legendary Denver talk show host, had me on his show on KOA this morning to discuss the Wall Street Journal article on the EEOC’s campaign to browbeat businesses into hiring ex-convicts. We had some fun trying to unravel what the feds were up to… You can listen to the show by clicking […]

Wall Street Journal February 15, 2013 Perform Criminal Background Checks at Your Peril A federal policy intended to help minorities is likely to have the opposite effect. By JAMES BOVARD Should it be a federal crime for businesses to refuse to hire ex-convicts? Yes, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which recently released 20,000 […]