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Boston Globe 1978: My First Attack on the Postal Monopoly

On this day in 1978, my first op-ed appeared in a major newspaper. The Boston Globe published my attack on the Postal Service with a kick-ass headline that made even me smile: “Time to Stamp Out the Postal Monopoly.” Looking at the recent scanned image, I suspect the years have been hard on that photocopy […]

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Barron’s: Potomac River Blindness (2012)

On this day in 2012, Barron’s published my guest editorial on “Potomac River Blindness” –  Washington’s bipartisan conspiracy against prosperity and freedom. In the subsequent 14 years, politicians and the federal government have become far more wasteful & ruinous. “Washingtonians view each billion dollars of government spending as magic beans that automatically sow blessings across […]

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New Golden Age of HUD Hokum

A New Golden Age of HUD Hokum  by James Bovard The Trump administration effectively condemned the downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), portraying it as unfit for federal workers. HUD Secretary Scott Turner announced: “It is time to turn the page on the Weaver Building and relocate to […]

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1995: My Mini-Musk Strikeout Fighting Government Waste

1995: When I Testified Before the Train Wreck Known as Congress by James Bovard President Trump hosted Elon Musk for a farewell press conference on Friday. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team savvily exposed federal follies and spurred over $100 billion in canceled federal contracts and cutbacks. It remains to be seen […]

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Trump Freezes Foreign Aid Frauds

Trump Freezes Foreign Aid Frauds by James Bovard, Libertarian Institute January 29, 2025 The  Trump administration suspended top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this week. The move, labeled a “Monday afternoon massacre,” was spurred by allegations that top USAID officials were circumventing President Trump’s ninety day freeze on foreign aid disbursements. […]

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