The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today the following piece from the May issue of Freedom Daily – The PATRIOT Act in the Crosshairs Again by James Bovard The most controversial provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act are coming up for renewal this year. There is hope that Americans will finally learn more about […]
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Columbine Anniversary #12: The Forgotten Lies & Cowardice
The American Spectator August,1999 HEADLINE: They Couldn’t SWAT a Fly But police commando teams are still a menace to society. BYLINE: by James Bovard. James Bovard is the author of Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen (St. Martin’s Press). Federal and Colorado officials have transformed the April […]
Clinton’s Forgotten Dictatorial Tendencies
… posted online today by the Future of Freedom Foundation Freedom Daily October 2010 Clinton’s Forgotten Dictatorial Tendencies by James Bovard It seems like a century since Bill Clinton was president of this country. Unfortunately, the abuses of George W. Bush and the pratfalls of Barack Obama are causing many people to raise their estimate […]
Good Government Guns II : My Treason
The satire I reposted yesterday was spurred by this article I wrote for American Spectator. It’s always satisfying when a piece spurs a Brooklyn philosophy professor to urge that I be prosecuted for treason……[thanks to WRSA for that photo….] The American Spectator June, 2000 HEADLINE: Good Government Guns Private owners will be handed semiautomatic Play-Doh. […]
The Right to Resist Government
The good folks at the Foundation for Economic Education reposted an article this week that I wrote for The Freeman back in 2000. Here’s my hat tip to moderation….. The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty //http://www.thefreemanonline.org The Right of Resistance by James Bovard • August 2000 • Vol. 50/Issue 8 James Bovard is the author […]
How Democracy Breeds Political Idioicy
from the March issue of the Future of Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Daily… The Folly of Blindly Trusting Government by James Bovard Democracy breeds gullibility. Lord Bryce observed in 1921, “State action became less distrusted the more the State itself was seen to be passing under popular control.” The rise of democracy made it much easier […]
Podcast of my Radio Interview with Scott Horton of Antiwar.Com
Antiwar.com’s Scott Horton and I had a good time whipping up on the bad guys in this interview. Until we talked, I hadn’t realized that Scott was the Kingmaker in Kentucky. Here’s Scott’s thumbnail of the 25 minute interview: James Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses Bill Clinton’s definition of terrorism: when regular people […]