The Foundation for Economic Education reposted online a 2001 article of mine entitled “Dictatorship of Lawyers.” The piece spurred some incisive comments on FEE’s website: Comment by Bill on 10 March 2009: Ah for the rantings of another who couldn’t get into Law School; Neither could G. W. (W Gump) Bush. You can go to […]
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Scenes from CPAC 2009
The Conservative Political Action Conference in DC wrapped up today. I tromped down there Friday and got a few photos. There were heaps of books on Sarah Palin and several organizations touting her political future. Joe the Plumber was there, along with lots of people who retain faith in all the nation’s recent wars and […]
LISTEN LIVE – I’m on the Brian Wilson Show today (2/27) @ 5 pm Eastern
I will be on the Brian Wilson radio show today sometime between 5 and 6 pm. Brian is one of the funniest and most thoughtful talk show hosts in the biz. He will be broadcasting from the Conservative Political Action Conference in DC. Ron Paul will be speaking to the conference at 4 pm today. […]
Obama Continuing Bush Coverups?
Though Obama thus far does not seem as bellicose as did George W. Bush, there are growing signs that his administration will continue the Washington tradition of covering up the crimes of his predecessors. The Obama administration is repeating the same arguments used by the Bush White House to justify whitewashing the illegal deletion or […]
Why Not Kill all Gazans?
Reading the justifications that Israeli supporters are offering for the IDF assault, I don’t see any rationale being offered that would not justify killing everyone in Gaza. If a single rocket is fired from Gaza territory, does that mean that everyone living in that area has automatically forfeited their life? The New York Times notes today that […]
End-of-the-Year Carnage & Absurdity in Gaza
Both Hamas and the Israeli government bear some of the blame, but the Israeli slaughter of civilians far exceeds that inflicted by the ragtag rockets fired from Gaza. The craven response by the American political class to the use of American planes and weapons to slaughter civilians is what any reasonable cynic should have expected. […]
Are Democrats Better on Surveillance?
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from their September Freedom Daily on the forgotten sordid history of the Clinton administration and the Democratic Party on surveillance. Are Democrats Better on Privacy and Surveillance? by James Bovard The Bush administration has probably illegally violated Americans’ privacy more than any presidency in at […]