James Bovard

I voted for Gary Johnson for prez.  He did a fine job in the RT debate last night on the issue of Iran and the folly of  making another 100 million enemies of America. I wasn’t sure whether I’d bother to vote – but I had to go out and get beer anyhow – and […]

The most uplifting story I have seen so far on Election Day is from Wired.Com.  Headline says it all: ” 7 Technologies That Will Make It Easier for the Next President to Hunt and Kill You Instead of “Change and Hope,” the president’s campaign slogan should be: “Duck and Cover.” Saw a Twitter announcement – […]

It is appropriate that ‘V for Vendetta’ Day would fall on the eve of one of the most depressing presidential choices of the new Millennium. “Remember, remember, the fifth of November….” The theme of V for Vendetta was pegged to Guy Fawkes Day, which marked the attempt in 1604 of Catholic conspirators to blow up […]

Congratulations to Iowa WHO radio talk show host Jan Mickelson! A video of his 2007 interview with Mitt Romney on Mormonism has gone viral. Jan raises some questions which should have received far more attention in this election cycle. Jan is one of the most fair-minded conservative talk show hosts in the nation and he […]

Lots of folks remember FEMA’s snafus with Katrina. But its history of screwups goes much further back. Here’s a recap on FEMA’s record with Hurricane Floyd in 1999. The conclusion might prove relevant this time around: “Hurricanes and governments have developed an odd, symbiotic relationship. When the former threaten to make their presence felt, the […]

The Secret Service wants folks to forward them suspicious tweets regarding presidential candidates and others protected by the G-men. The Los Angeles Times notes, ““To report a tweet that concerns you,” @SecretService wrote Tuesday in its first such Tweet, “call the nearest field office in your state.” The LATimes did not mention whether people who […]