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Notorious Hellraiser Gordon Liddy, R.I.P.

G. Gordon Liddy has passed away at the age of 90.  He achieved fame for his role in the Watergate break-in and later became one of the most informative radio hosts of the 1990s.   Liddy had a four hour show and he would routinely spend one hour reading articles out loud and adding his comments.  […]

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Official Whitewash of the Killing of Duncan Lemp

American Conservative, January 1, 2021 The Official Whitewash of the Killing of Duncan Lemp Trust us, it was a good killing by  James Bovard Why did a Montgomery County, Maryland SWAT team kill  21-year-old Duncan Lemp, in a no-knock predawn raid on March 12?  The county released an official report yesterday stating that a violent […]

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Happy New Year, Facebook

Facebook attached a warning label yesterday to my AIER article on how 2020 ravaged comforting American myths.  Here’s my attempt to help them out with a ‘full disclosure’ warning label that they can apply to any of my 2021 articles.   Here’s a USA Today oped I did a few years ago on how Facebook […]

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Biden’s “Will of the People” Malarkey

American Conservative, December 18, 2020 Biden’s ‘Will of the People’ Malarkey Generations of presidents have cited “the will of the people” to legitimize power grabs. The Founding Fathers wouldn’t approve. by James Bovard In his cough-ridden victory speech Monday night, President-elect Joe Biden proclaimed again that “the will of the people prevailed” in the 2020 […]

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Voting is Overrated (2000)

American Spectator Online / Knight Ridder syndicate @ November 4, 2000 Voting is Overrated by James Bovard Voting is dangerously overrated as a surefire safeguard to preserve liberty. Vice President Al Gore is clearly the most dangerous candidate running for the Presidency. If Gore wins, the pernicious trends of the Clinton era will continue full […]

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Will Democracy’s Myths Doom Liberty?

Mises Institute, October 23, 2020 Will Democracy’s Myths Doom Liberty? by James Bovard The Supreme Court declared in 1943, “There is no mysticism in the American concept of the State or of the nature or origin of its authority.” In reality, the cardinal doctrines of contemporary democracy are layer upon layer of mystical claptrap. The […]

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The FBI’s Forgotten Crimes Against Richard Jewell

People in Washington think I'm a redneck, and rednecks think I'm an undercover fed. Maybe dropping out of that finishing school was a mistake. https://t.co/5vu9AtiQsA — James Bovard (@JimBovard) September 17, 2020 The FBI’s Forgotten Crimes Against Richard Jewell by James Bovard A new movie about Richard Jewell is reminding Americans of one of the […]

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