Edit note: This article was written in November before Special Counsel Mueller completed his investigation of alleged Russian collusion. We haven’t seen the full text of the Mueller report yet but I am wagering that it will not require rescinding this article. Future of Freedom Foundation Truth Is an Outlaw in Washington by James Bovard […]
Mises Institute, February 7, 2019 Trump’s Absurd Claim that Americans Are Free from Government Coercion by James Bovard In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump received rapturous applause from Republicans for his declaration: “America was founded on liberty and independence — not government coercion, domination, and control. We are born free, […]
My old friend Ernie Hancock and I had a rowdy hour-long chat this morn about Ruby Ridge, William Barr, AmeriCorps, and Leviathan’s next big surprise. You can listen to the show by clicking on this link to Ernie’s “Declare Your Independence” radio show audio files – Or you can click on the MP3 files below […]
My old friend Scott Horton and I had a rattling good chat on Trump Attorney General nominee William Barr’s boundless affection for FBI snipers who perchance kill innocent Americans (spurred by my article last week for American Conservative). Barr championed immunity for Lon Horiuchi, the FBI agent who gunned down Vicki Weaver in her cabin […]
2018 was another great year for cynicism. Here are some of the quote jpegs used to make the video montage of 2018 quotes I posted a couple days ago. Thanks to Natalie Fawn Danelishen, Bryan Baucom, Mike Maharrey, and Frank Monaco for making some of these JPEGs, and thanks to Canva.com for the software for […]
Here are some zippety lines from my 2018 articles in USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, and elsewhere. The video includes whacks on the FBI, TSA, John McCain, James Comey, Karl Marx, GHW Bush, Robert Mueller, secrecy, govt. lying, Twitter, elections, etc. Thanks to Natalie Fawn Danelishen, Bryan Baucom, Mike Maharrey, and Frank Monaco […]
Some folks thought I was too harsh on the late George H.W. Bush in my USA Today oped and on my Twitter comments. So here’s some of the articles I wrote on Bush’s protectionist debacles in the early 1990s. [The following piece was reprinted in two economics college textbooks] Wall Street Journal Wednesday, September 6, […]
My Property Rights Memory Lane Day – Wall Street Journal and New York Post
Will Affordability Bankrupt President Trump?
Wall Street Journal: This Is No Way to Preserve History (1993)
Are We Losing the War for Freedom? FFF Podcast Debate
Will Federal Covid Indictment Turn the Tide on Washington Secrecy?
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