So the Federal Reserve announced this afternoon that it will spend a trillion dollars to prop up securities prices. The Fed doesn’t have the money, so they will print it up and have a fling at the market. Remember when Martha Stewart got sent to prison for alleged comments she made regarding an alleged $40,000 […]
Bush Plans “Authoritarian” History
Former President George W. Bush announced in Calgary yesterday that he is planning to write a memoir “so when the history of this administration is written at least there’s an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened.” Bush did not reveal if John Yoo would be the co-author. Bush spoke to an “invited audience of Calgary […]
Washington Times: Obama’s Health Records Roundup
The Washington Times published my thumping of Obama’s Medical Records Roundup. It was fun to work the IRS into the story! ++++ Washington Times Friday, March 13, 2009 Great medical records roundup James Bovard COMMENTARY: Computerization of personal health-care records is one of the showcases of the new stimulus bill. President Obama promised: “We will […]
Part 2 of “How Abu Ghraib was Politically Defused”
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the second part of my analysis of “How Abu Ghraib was Politically Defused.” It is amazing how little attention was paid to the heap of evidence of torture-as-official-policy until long after Bush snared a second term. Here is a link to a permanent web page with both […]
Portuguese Translations of my Epigrams and Recent Articles
Murilo Leme* kindly translated some of my recent epigrams and articles into Portuguese. I think some of the one-liners sound better with the Latin overtones of his language. I much appreciate his making my writings accessible to folks in Brazil, Portugal, and even Mozambique. If you know folks who would appreciate this Portuguse rendition, please […]
How Abu Ghraib was Politically Defused
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my Freedom Article on how the Bush administration and its media allies buried Abu Ghraib in 2004. This episode teaches that no one should underestimate the role of lying and blustering in American politics. Regardless of smoking gun photos and smoking gun memos (including the first Yoo […]
Dictatorship of Lawyers – or, Me and Law School
The Foundation for Economic Education reposted online a 2001 article of mine entitled “Dictatorship of Lawyers.” The piece spurred some incisive comments on FEE’s website: Comment by Bill on 10 March 2009: Ah for the rantings of another who couldn’t get into Law School; Neither could G. W. (W Gump) Bush. You can go to […]
