The Freeman posted online today my article from their June issue about my 1987 excursion to Europe’s worst tyranny. I never trusted fat communist guards with submachine guns…. A couple weeks after I returned, the New York Times published a piece of mine headlined, “Economic Collapse: Eastern Europe: The New Third World” – available here. […]
Podcast of my Radio Interview with Scott Horton of Antiwar.Com
Antiwar.com’s Scott Horton and I had a good time whipping up on the bad guys in this interview. Until we talked, I hadn’t realized that Scott was the Kingmaker in Kentucky. Here’s Scott’s thumbnail of the 25 minute interview: James Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses Bill Clinton’s definition of terrorism: when regular people […]
“Misplaced Words” – the New Defense for Political Lying
The New York Times on Monday night nailed Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for lying about claiming to have served in Vietnam. Blumental, a Senate candidate, responded indignantly. Here’s the update to the story: Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a Democrat running for the United States Senate, said on Tuesday that he took “full […]
Counterpunch: Operation Tarmac
From Counterpunch – OPERATION TARMAC by James Bovard ….. Unfortunately, few people recognize the political racketeering involved in the post–9/11 roundups of airport workers. That practically ensures that, if there is another major terrorist attack or some similar debacle, mass arrests will once again be used to burnish the government’s image.
The Feds’ Post-9/11 Purge of Airport Workers
From the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily (February 2010)… American travelers are at far greater risk from weasely cabinet secretaries than from fast-food workers. Operation Tarmac illustrated how “retail” lying is dangerous and can result in a prison sentence — while “wholesale” lying is a steppingstone to fame and greater power. The Feds’ Post-9/11 […]
Atlanta’s Creative Loafing Newspaper Covers the Barr Ghostwriting Lawsuit
From Creative Loafing, a weekly paper in the Atlanta area (with the second-highest circulation of any paper in Georgia) : Barr ghostwriter finds promoting liberty doesn’t pay May 10, 2010 at 3:58 pm by Scott Henry in News Bob Barr, the GOP congressman-turned-Libertarian presidential candidate (and CL columnist-turned-AJC columnist) is being sued by the ghostwriter […]
American Conservative on the Barr ’08 Ghostwriting Lawsuit
Editor Kelly Jane Torrance, in a post titled, “Reading Lessons”: “Bob Barr Lessons in Liberty #1 Pay Your Ghostwriter” is how Jim Bovard headlines his post announcing that he’s suing the former Libertarian Party presidential candidate. There might be a bigger lesson here, though: If you don’t want people to know you didn’t write your […]
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