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Here’s another epigram from Public Policy Hooligan: The fewer facts the feds gathered, the easier it was to vilify government victims. That line comes at the end of a discussion of how federal agencies’ shenanigans after the killing of Sammy and Vicki Weaver. Here’s the final paragraph of that riff: The Marshals Service, like the […]

The hell-raising, freedom-fighting legend Claire Wolfe has reviewed Public Policy Hooligan. I greatly appreciate her kind words for the book.  Claire mentions (accurately) that the book shows a “healthy ego” –   hopefully not quite as large as Lance Armstrong’s. 🙂 Claire’s review is here and reposted below.  Claire’s Living Freedom is the most thoughtful libertarian blog […]

From the Future of Freedom, published by The Future of Freedom Foundation – If you enjoy this article, you might also enjoy Public Policy Hooligan – my new memoir about hounding federal bureaucrats – and other adventures. Available now on Amazon Kindle. The Federal Wetlands War, Part 2 by James Bovard In August 1993, the […]

As part of the terms of my parole, I whittled up some memoir essays which are now available as an Amazon ebook titled Public Policy Hooligan. It’s the story of going from Helltown to Washington – lots of mischief (and police encounters) along the way. There is a chapter about my clashes with the FBI […]

from the new issue of the American Conservative –   Getting a Read on Rand Paul Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds, Rand Paul, Center Street, 280 pages By James Bovard • November 20, 2012 With Ron Paul’s exit from Congress, his senator son, Rand Paul, is […]

RIP – Sen. Arlen Specter, one of the heroes of Ruby Ridge. I intensely disagreed with many, if not most, of the positions that Arlen Specter took during his career. And as for the “magic bullet” of the JFK Warren Commission report – bah humbug. But Specter showed great courage in going up against the […]

According to press reports, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is relying on Matthew Scully (among others) to craft tonight’s speech to the GOP convention. Scully is a talented writer but would never be accused of libertarian tendencies. Here is a 1999 review he wrote on Freedom in Chains for National Review. Don’t worry about […]