I spoke to Bill Thompson of the Ocala, Florida News earlier this week. He has a very thoughtful article today on the Tenth Amendment movement. Here’s part of his article: The author James Bovard, whose writings frequently focus on the negative consequences of the growth of the federal government at the expense of individual liberty, […]
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“Federal agents hunt for guns, one house at a time”
With headlines like this, why does the media wonder why so many gun owners are paranoid? This headline is from a Houston Chronicle article about federal agents going door to door seeking information on guns that might have been transferred to Mexico. This front page article looks like it could have been written by government […]
Mary Lou Forbes, RIP
Mary Lou Forbes, the Commentary editor of the Washington Times, passed away on Saturday less than 2 weeks after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1959 for her coverage of school desegregation fights in Virginia. Mary Lou was one of the most pleasant editors I have dealt with. She was […]
Illegal Teenage Strip Search as Harmless Error
The Supreme Court ruled today that Arizona school officials violated the law and constitutional rights when they forcibly strip-searched a 13 year old girl to see if she was hiding painkillers in her underwear. It is good that the Court did not sprinkle its holy water on the search. But the court’s refusal to hold […]
Celebrate Torture Day by Punishing Torturers
The Future of Freedom Foundation is shotgunning out this email today….. Celebrate Torture Day by Punishing Torturers by James Bovard, June 23, 2009 Since 1997, every June 26 has been formally recognized as the International Day of Support for Victims of Torture. Political leaders around the globe take the occasion to proclaim their opposition to […]
Are You a “Low-Level Terrorist”?
The Pentagon is teaching soldiers and bureaucrats that people who attend public protests are guilty of “low-level terrorism.” As a California political blog notes, “Among the multiple-choice questions included in its Level 1 Antiterrorism Awareness training course – an annual training requirement for all DoD personnel that is fulfilled through web-based instruction – the DoD […]
Perverse Reading Habits of U.S. Attorneys: Shredding Privacy, Except for Torturers
From the Las Vegas Review Journal: US Attorney subpoenas Las Vegas Review-Journal for info about posters to a web-page story. “On May 26 the Review-Journal published an article about an ongoing federal tax evasion trial. The primary defendant, Las Vegan Robert Kahre, stands accused of tax fraud for using the rather inventive argument that he […]
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Sorry to hear that the Grim Reaper has hit so hard
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