“Consent” as the Ticket for Tyranny James Bovard, Counterpunch, April 23, 2026 Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email Presidents have been perverting “consent of the governed” for centuries. “Consent of the governed” was a signature line of the Declaration of Independence, and it has echoed in official declarations ever since Jefferson’s time. President Harry Truman assured […]
Consenting to Endless Coercion by James Bovard Presidents perennially claim that they possess their power thanks to “the consent of the governed.” This phrase, a signature line of the Declaration of Independence, has echoed in official declarations ever since Jefferson’s time. President Harry Truman assured Congress in 1952, “No government can be invested with a […]
On Tax Day 2026, remember that the IRS was unleashed long ago. Here’s a piece of mine published on April 14, 1994 – Wall Street Journal -The Growing IRS Dictatorship By James Bovard A Gallup Poll released last week found that two-thirds of Americans believe that the Internal Revenue Service abuses its power. Yet few […]
Also posted on Zero Hedge, Counterpunch, Eurasia Review, etc. Libertarian Institute, March 23, 2026 The Late Robert Mueller, Bill of Rights Executioner by James Bovard Obituaries on eminent Washingtonians usually omit the dreadful precedents they set that will vex Americans long after their death. Not this piece. Former FBI director Robert Mueller died last week […]
Also published by Zero Hedge (39,000 views, 340 comments), Counterpunch, Eurasia Review, Never Forget Bush’s Bait-and-Switch Iraq War By James Bovard A few presidencies ago, Washington politicians used boundless political and intellectual chicanery to drag America into a ruinous war. Thousands of Americans died and scores of thousands of Iraqis perished […]
Matt Kibbe, the chief of Free the People, and I had a lively discussion about why the federal killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis is another disaster for the Trump administration. Matt was a congressional chief of staff in the 1990s and he is far more aware of the history of federal atrocities than most […]
Podcast host J.G. Michael and I had a lively talk on his Parallax podcast on the killing of Alex Pretti and the federal debacle at Ruby Ridge. Both cases involved reckless killings by federal agents who presumed they would enjoy absolute immunity for killing American citizens. The show was spurred in part by my article, Latest […]
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