American Conservative, January 31, 2024 Nikki Haley, Authoritarian-in-Waiting by James Bovard New advertisements from the Nikki Haley presidential campaign are touting the former South Carolina governor as the “better choice” for America. In a season in which the Biden re-election campaign is openly comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, Haley is increasingly portrayed as someone […]
Debacles at Home and Abroad Propel ‘Defend the Guard’
Debacles at Home and Abroad Propel ‘Defend the Guard’ by Jim Bovard | Jan 30, 2024 The National Guard is back in the headlines thanks to a showdown at the Texas border and Joe Biden’s latest foreign policy debacle. The Biden administration has refused to enforce federal law to limit undocumented immigrants (many of whom […]
Biden and Forgotten Federal Financial Tyranny
Mises Institute, January 25, 2024 Biden and Forgotten Federal Financial Tyranny by James Bovard Americans were jolted last week to learn that the Joe Biden administration viewed purchasing a Bible as a potential terrorist warning sign. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, revealed that the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network […]
TSA Outrages, New Hampshire Pratfalls, and Swift Boat Veterans for Climate Change – Brian Wilson Podcast
Twenty-two minutes of mirth & political derision – the latest Two and Only Podcast For more wit and insights from Talk Show Legend Brian Wilson, check out https://brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/ January 24 episode highlights: Brian welcomed listeners to “the Existential Threat episode of The Two and Only, our weekly calculation of the roadkill of human rights littering […]
Philly’s Rich Zeoli: Last Rights “blows my mind again and again”
Philadelphia radio host Rich Zeoli had me back on his show yesterday on WPHT Radio. We had plenty of hearty from political and bureaucratic follies. Rich kindly tagged me as a “great voice for freedom” and said that my new book Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty “blows my mind again and again…. […]
WBT Talk Show Pete Kaliner and I – Fun with Feds Howling at Lone Wolves
Pete Kaliner and I made it hot today on WBT for the feds howling at the Lone Wolves suspected terrorists. Biden’s surveillance of folks buying Bass Pro Shop hats and Bibles fails the laugh test. Here’s a link to the New York Post piece on boneheaded federal financial surveillance discussed in this interview. Listen to […]
Will TSA Steal Your Mug?
Will TSA Steal Your Mug? by James Bovard January 22, 2024 Dorothy Parker’s signature line, “What fresh hell is this?” is the new the mantra for travelers at American airports. TSA is rapidly expanding a program in which travelers stand in photo kiosks that compare their faces with a federal database of photos from passport […]