Iowa Radio Show now Online

The audio tape of Jan Mickleson’s interview on WHO this morning is now online at http://www.whoradio.com/cc-common/podcast.html  (It is a long download – the entire 3 hour show in one file – so only those with high-speed lines might want to consider it). I was flattered to hear how Jan much liked my new book compared […]

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The Farce at the Heart of the War on Terrorism

The Future of Freedom Foundation posted my essay today on “The Farcical Definition at the Heart of the War on Terrorism.”  Here is how the piece wraps up: The United States has long insisted that government agents cannot be terrorists. The FBI defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or […]

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Thanks to Steve Greenhut and the Orange Co. Register

Columnist Steve Greenhut wrote a kind review of Attention Deficit Democracy which the Orange County Register published. Steve especially liked the chapter on the danger of trusting government. Steve commented, “Bovard explains how supposedly free citizens have bought into the lies and frauds offered by the political class…. Bovard offers wise counsel and sage advice. But […]

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On New England Public Radio Monday (1/30) Morning

WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, will broadcast a lively interview that Joe Donahue taped with me on Monday morning (1/30).   According to their website, it will apparently be featured sometime between 10:25 am and noon Eastern time.   If anyone  has more specific information on when the interview will play, please let me know and I will revise this […]

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On the Doug Basham Radio Show – 1 a.m. Saturday (1/28) morning

I will be on the Doug Basham radio show tonight (Friday night, Sat. morn, whatever) at 1 a.m. Eastern time – 11 pm out in Vegas where Doug broadcasts.  Doug does cutting edge progressive radio commentary and has been one of the foremost talk show hosts opposed to the Iraq wear. You can listen live […]

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Killing in the Name of Democracy

Antiwar.com kindly posted an excerpt from the Messianic Democracy chapter today: As the Bush administration tub-thumps for imposing democracy upon the entire world, many Americans have forgotten the long and bloody history of the U.S. government forcibly spreading “self-government.” The following discussion, from the “Messianic Democracy” chapter of my new book… The U.S. government’s first […]

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