The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my article from the June 2007 Freedom Daily on the Bush administration’s endlessly inaccurate terrorist accusations. The title of the piece is about as close to baseball as I have gotten in the last decade or so. The “Terrorist” Batting Average by James Bovard For almost six years, […]
Hooray! The Federal Government is Clean Again!
Or at least that’s the message I’m picking up from reading some commentators on Alberto Gonzales’s exit. Shizam, some of these people seem to think that the Justice Department will henceforth be in the justice business. And some seem to think that Gonzo’s resignation proves that “the system works.” What a crock. It has been over […]
Live ONLINE Today (8/21) at 1:20 pm Eastern – Gardner Goldsmith Show
UPDATE: Yesterday’s interview is now online as an MP3. Download it here. ** I will be on the Gardner Goldsmith show on WTPL in Concord, New Hampshire today. This will also be broadcast around the state by Great Eastern Radio. Gardner is a first-class hell raiser and he is making it hot for the bad […]
Torture Radio Interview Now Online
Scott Horton of Antiwar.com interviewed me on Thursday on the latest developments on the torture scandal. As always, Scott’s optimism is downright contagious. You can click onto the MP3 of the interview here – We did the interview just before the Padilla jury verdict was announced. I reckon the interview would have been more caustic… The […]
Torture Correction & a Hat Tip to a Democrat
In the torture article I posted yesterday, I ragged on the Democrats for rolling over for Bush’s nominee to be the chief lawyer for the CIA. Sen. Ron Wyden has proven me wrong. The Associated Press reports tonight: “A Democratic senator said he would indefinitely block President Bush’s nominee to become the C.I.A.’s top […]
Will Torture Bring Down Bush?
The American Conservative posted online my article from their July 30 issue on why the torture scandal may finish off the Bush administration. BREAKING BUSH’S RESISTANCE American Conservative July 30, 2007 by James Bovard From the first days after the Abu Ghraib photos hit the airwaves, the torture scandal has epitomized the worst of the […]
What do Citizens Owe Government?
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from Freedom Daily on citizens’ duties to their rulers. What Do Citizens Owe Government? by James Bovard Freedom Daily When politicians are not promising new benefits to citizens, they continually remind citizens what they owe the government. From their first years in government schools, children […]
Jim
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David Smithson
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Ron Redrift
Sorry to hear of your tiff with Mr. Wilson; hope i