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 […]
Ragging on Obama’s “Magic Spending Wand”
Here’s a podcast of an interview I did at CPAC last Friday with Victoria Jones of the Talk Radio News Service. Damn outrage, if you ask me.
Obama’s Great Medical Records Roundup
The American Conservative just posted my attack on Obama’s plan to digitize and centralize everyone’s medical records. Ah, the joys of positive thinking about Leviathan…. HEALTH OF THE STATE March 9, 2009 American Conservative by James Bovard ** The President’s Plan for Your Medical Records The computerization of personal healthcare records is one of the […]
Scenes from CPAC 2009
The Conservative Political Action Conference in DC wrapped up today. I tromped down there Friday and got a few photos. There were heaps of books on Sarah Palin and several organizations touting her political future. Joe the Plumber was there, along with lots of people who retain faith in all the nation’s recent wars and […]
Epigrams from Feeling Your Pain (2000)
The following lines are from Feeling Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years (St. Martin’s/Palgrave, 2000): Those who forget past boondoggles will be perpetually taxed for new boondoggles. The issue is not how much a politician cares but how much power he seeks. Clinton exploited and expanded the dictatorial […]
Sarah Palin Lifesize Cutout & Frenzied College Republican Guys
That was the opening theme of the interview today on the Brian Wilson show. Podcast is available here. I don’t know if the Lysol references will register with people below a certain age. Somebody should do a study of the collateral sanitary benefits of VCRs etc.
LISTEN LIVE – I’m on the Brian Wilson Show today (2/27) @ 5 pm Eastern
I will be on the Brian Wilson radio show today sometime between 5 and 6 pm. Brian is one of the funniest and most thoughtful talk show hosts in the biz. He will be broadcasting from the Conservative Political Action Conference in DC. Ron Paul will be speaking to the conference at 4 pm today. […]
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956):
“Nobody ever went
R R Schoettker
The utter impotent uselessness of the US congress
Texas Dan
If Waco didn't wake you up, nothing would/wil