Email Subject line: James Bovard, thy name is Cowardice “Five to seven million Iraqis disappeared, the majority of them Shiites.” – National Geographicmagazine, June 2004, page 28More to the point, WHO is doing the majority of the killing of Iraqi civilians?(HINT: It is NOT Americans. Can you say “Suicide Bombers”? Or how about “Islamofascist Hit […]
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Washington Times Publishes my Response
Letters to the editor March 29, 2006 I appreciate The Washington Times printing a review of my new book, “Attention Deficit Democracy” (“Finding American voters wanting?” Books, Sunday). The reviewer states that “what Mr. Bovard leaves out is that these Founding fathers were suspicious of untrammelled democracy itself.” I am perplexed by this comment, since […]
Bummer! I have Lost My Best Source!
Now I know how General Robert E. Lee felt in 1864 when informed of the death of his calvary leader, Gen. Jeb Stuart. Lee responded that he had “lost the eyes of the army.” (The previous year, when informed of the death of Stonewall Jackson, Lee said that he had lost his right arm.) Well, […]
Orange County Register: “Defining Freedom Down”
The Orange County Register ran my op-ed, “Defining Freedom Down.” The page does not have a link, so I am posting the piece here. The Future of Freedom Foundation today shotgunned out an op-ed of mine that is very similar to this article. Orange County Register, March 17, 2006 “Defining Freedom Down” by James Bovard […]
Washington Times heats up Attention Deficit Democracy
The Washington Times today pronounced me guilty of the “character assassination” of George W. Bush. A “bombthrower”? Me? “Smearing”? Moi? The Washington Times’s editorial page editor, Tony Blankley, is renown for advocating reviving and vigorously enforcing laws against sedition….
Bush Betrayal now available in Arabic in Beirut
I got a call today from a friend who told me that the Arabic version of Bush Betrayal is now in the stores in Beirut. The translation deal was signed by St. Martin’s Press last May with the Arabic Scientific Publishers in Lebanon. I have not seen the translated book – or even the cover […]
Fan Mail of the Week
Aaron Zelman at Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership kindly forwarded me an email he received in response to the interview he did with me back in January on Attention Deficit Democracy. Following is the text of the email – the italicized part is from the email Aaron sent out about the interview: Interview with […]
