This piece from the July issue of The Freeman is now online here (in PDF) and here (in ASCII – paragraph breaks amended slightly in the version below). TORTURE & LIBERTY Freeman July 2008 by James Bovard Is torture compatible with liberty? Unfortunately, this is no longer a hypothetical question. Many Americans who claim to […]
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FISA Bashing on Antiwar.com Radio
Scott Horton of Antiwar.com RADIO and I chatted about FISA and other obscenities on Tuesday. The MP3 is now online and accessible here. Scott came up with a zippety title for the interview – “Attention Deficit Police State.” Scott was spooked when I told him the FBI has added skateboarding as a warning sign for its latest updates to […]
The Capsizing of American Democracy
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today this piece from the April issue of Freedom Daily – THE CAPSIZING OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY by James Bovard American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees. This has created a voting bloc that overwhelms every […]
Martial Law Act of 2006
The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my article from the January 2008 issue of Freedom Daily on Martial Law. Without further ado… The Martial Law Act of 2006 by James Bovard Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in a 591-page bill […]
Do Elections Guarantee Freedom?
That’s a rhetorical question, right? Actually, it’s the title of the most recently posted article of mine from the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily. Even though elections did not guarantee freedom in the past, we can be confident they will do so this year because [redacted by FBI web editor] DO ELECTIONS GUARANTEE FREEDOM? […]
My Favorite Cartoon (from Playboy 2002)
Clay Butler did this wonderful cartoon for Playboy for a 2002 article of mine bashing the Patriot Act. His cartoon was so good that I urged St. Martin’s/Palgrave to use it for the cover of Terrorism & Tyranny. Alack – my editors there did not share my mania for cartoons. The full size of the cartoon […]
Stomping Freedom: The Martial Law Act of 2006
Counterpunch posted online my Freedom Daily January article on how Congress passed law to give presidents push-button martial law power. Here’s the piece. Stomping Freedom Inside the Martial Law Act of 2006 By JAMES BOVARD Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in […]
Jim
Yep. I would be plenty happy to be wrong on this s
R R Schoettker
Regrettably Mr. Bovard’s view of the prospects f