So, on top of my other bad habits, now I am tweeting. The phrase that is normally used here is — “You can follow my tweets by going to http://www.twitter.com/jimbovard – …” To be honest, that seems a bit farcical. Too ludicrous to qualify as “grandiose.” Much of whatever I tweet will also be on […]
MP3 of Today’s Zippety Interview with WBAL’s Ron Smith
WBAL’s Ron Smith and I had a rowdy time today paying our respects to the food stamp program. Ron has been doing talk radio for almost 30 years, so he appreciates policy absurdities far better than most hosts. You can hear the @10 minute interview by clicking (or downloading) this link – ron-smith-show-7-11-2011-jim-bovard-food-stamps
My Bastardry Re-Confirmed: “Bovard and His Ilk” [Food Stamps]
The Wall Street Journal published some letters on last week’s food stamp piece. According to Joel Berg of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger: Food-stamp fraud has never cost the American taxpayers anything close to what defense-contractor or corporate-welfare fraud costs, and the number of people illegally using food-stamp benefits has always been dwarfed […]
Idolizing Absolute Power: Assassination Bloodlust
From today’s Counterpunch – Assassination Bloodlust Idolizing Absolute Power by JAMES BOVARD The Christian Science Monitor published a piece I wrote last month wrote opposing allowing the U.S. government to kill Americans without a warrant, trial, or any judicial niceties. The article, “Assassination Nation: Are there any limits on President Obama’s license to kill?,” spurred […]
MP3 of Today’s WGN Interview on Food Stamp Article
WGN’s Cisco Cotto and I had a rattlin’ good chat about that WSJ food stamp article this morning on Chicago radio. You can hear the show by clicking (or downloading) on the following link: wls-cisco-cotto-june24jamesbovard
Wall Street Journal: Food Stamps for Millionaires
Wall Street Journal June 23, 2011 The Food-Stamp Crime Wave By JAMES BOVARD Millionaires are now legally entitled to collect food stamps as long as they have little or no monthly income. Thirty-five states have abolished asset tests for most food-stamp recipients. These and similar “paperwork reduction” reforms advocated by the United States Department of […]
Fear-mongering and Servitude
from the July-August issue of the Freeman – Fear-Mongering and Servitude by James Bovard In his 1776 essay, “Thoughts on Government,” John Adams observed, “Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will […]
