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 […]
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Rising Odds of Impeachment
Attorney General Gonzales is dead meat. His exit is only a question of time. (I been wrong before, but….) I think the Senate Dems will not confirm some obvious hatchet man as the replacement for Gonzales. Bush has “benefitted” from two Attorney Generals who were profoundly dishonest and demagogic. No matter what the Bush administration did, […]
The Most Absurdities Per Kilogram
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted my Freedom Daily article on the feds’ war against Tommy Chong. Always sad to see a great comedian get no respect. Here are the first few paragraphs; full text is here. The Most Absurdities per Kilo by James Bovard, Posted June 6, 2006 The war on drugs has produced […]
Think Tanks as Military Bases
George W. Bush exploits captive audiences as well as any president. During the last four years, he has ritually gone to military bases to uncork his biggest inanities regarding foreign policy. There are some howlers that can only be tossed out in front of an audience forbidden to laugh. No one in a military audience […]
Jim
Will, please accept my condolences on your father&
Will Blanton
Thank you for the write up Jim! Dad would be proud
12bytes
thanks for reminding people about the Weaver incid
Frank
Good article. Thanks!