Libertarian Institute, December 11, 2022 Will TSA Steal Your Face? by James Bovard The Transportation Security Administration is running a pilot program in which travelers stand in photo kiosks that compare their face with a federal database of photos from passport applications, drivers’ licenses and other sources. TSA promises that its new airport regime, which […]
New York Post: Still no shame in Hunter Biden’s game
New York Post, December 10, 2022 Still no shame in Hunter Biden’s game By James Bovard When a political shyster has to rely on art critics for character references, you know things are looking grim. The only thing shakier is to count on your daddy’s Justice Department to prove your purity. A New York art […]
New York Post: Smile for TSA’s Latest Boondoggle
New York Post, December 8, 2022 Smile! TSA has yet another boondoggle to make traveling more painful By James Bovard Why would any law-abiding American balk at permitting the feds to vacuum up his biometric data at the airport? The Transportation Security Administration is running a pilot program in which travelers stand in photo kiosks […]
Biden the Bogus Benevolent Dictator
Biden the Bogus Benevolent Dictator by James Bovard On July 4, President Biden declared, “Liberty is under assault … rights we assumed were protected are no longer.” Biden, however, was referring solely to a few Supreme Court decisions he deplored, not to the federal supremacy he championed for almost 50 years in the Senate and […]
New York Post: Congress Shocked at the Covid Fraud It Created
New York Post, December 2, 2022 Congress is shocked, shocked by the COVID fraud it created By James Bovard Like Captain Renault in the gambling casino in “Casablanca,” congressmen are “shocked, shocked” by all the fraud spawned by the trillions of dollars in COVID handouts they approved. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis […]
Will Biden Make the Trains Run on Time?
Libertarian Institute, November 30, 2022 Will Joe Biden Make the Trains Run on Time? by Jim Bovard “I intend to be the most pro-union President leading the most pro-union administration in American history,” President Joe Biden promised last year. But Uncle Joe has found his “inner Mussolini” and nothing is as important as the trains […]
Jerry Arnett, Freedom Fighter, R.I.P.
My old friend Jerry Arnett passed away yesterday at home in Helvetia, West Virginia. I first met Jerry at a Future of Freedom Foundation conference in 2008 when he furtively slipped me a book of dissenting opinions on the 9/11 attacks. That set the template for Jerry forever guarding me against my moderate tendencies. Jerry […]
