Daily Caller, January 29, 2021 How Treason And Thoughtcrime Are Easier Than Ever In Biden’s America James Bovard Contributor President Joe Biden is supplementing his calls for national unity with fervent denunciations of extremists, insurrectionists, and domestic terrorists, as well as comparing Senate opponents to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Biden is now in charge […]
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Biden and the Death of Free Speech
American Conservative, January 25, 2021 Joe Biden and the Death of Free Speech The president’s first day was marked by a harsh crackdown on the right to protest. So much for a return to normalcy. January 25, 2021 |James Bovard The media loved Joe Biden’s inauguration: his platitude-laden speech and his calls for “unity” struck […]
USA TODAY: My Recommendations for Biden Covid Policy
USA TODAY asked its Board of Contributors for Covid policy recommendations for Biden. Here are my two cents: Stop the lockdowns and shutdowns Biden should condemn the lockdowns and shutdowns that have caused vast economic and social damage (soaring drug abuse, suicides, depression) while failing to prevent more than 100 million Americans from becoming infected […]
Let’s Abolish Those Presidential Medals of Freedom
Mises Institute, January 19, 2021 Let’s Abolish Those Presidential Medals of Freedom Tags U.S. History 1 min agoJames Bovard The Washington Post is outraged that Donald Trump has sullied one of Washington’s most hallowed honors—Presidential Medals of Freedom. After the White House announced plans to bestow the medals on two Republican members of Congress and […]
Thumping Covid Crackdowns and Inauguration Inanities on Chicago Radio
I joined Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s AM 560 The Answer this morning to smack around Covid nonsense, Inauguration excesses, and other malarkey in the news. Hopefully my raspy early morning voice wasn’t too much of a distraction. Dan tweeted out a line from the show: The COVID Enthusiast: someone who hates you […]
Our Mail-in Elective Dictator
American Conservative, January 18, 2021 Our Mail-In Elective Dictator The surge in mail-in voting is a sea change for American democracy regardless of whether widespread fraud occurred. by Jim Bovard When Joe Biden is sworn in as president, he will solemnly pledge to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” But the […]
Congressional Hypocrisy and the Coming Crackdown
American Institute for Economic Research, January 13, 2021 Congressional Hypocrisy and the Crackdown James Bovard The political hysteria unleashed by last week’s clash at the Capitol between police and Trump protestors poses a growing danger to Americans’ constitutional rights. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer ludicrously compared the ruckus to Pearl Harbor – a “day of […]
