I want to thank host Doug Herendeen of WRTA News Talk 1240 radio in Altoona, PA for having me on his show to pay our respects to government waste. We had fun talking about my recent U.S. News article on the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and why it is so difficult to end wasteful government spending. […]
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MP3 – Texas Radio Interview on Government Waste
I had fun today with Brian Wade and Mark Cope, the early morning hosts on KXYL Radio in Brownwood, Texas discussing my U.S. News article on government waste. I started out pretty slow but after a couple minutes I remembered how to speak English. My Southern twang pops up a few times in the interview. They were […]
USA TODAY: Washington’s Latest Hunger Charade
USA TODAY, September 9, 2015 Washington’s latest hunger charade by James Bovard USDA plays games with definitions to create fraudulent scare. ‘Food insecure’ is the new hungry. The Agriculture Department announced this morning that 48 million Americans lived in “food insecure” households in 2014.” Soon you’ll hear we’re suffering an epidemic of hunger. While the federal government […]
Is Government Waste Incurable? One Case Study
U.S. NEWS The End of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation? Not So Fast By James Bovard The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation’s ship has sunk after Congress refused to bail out the federal agency that critics say serves no legitimate purpose. It stayed afloat for more than two decades thanks to lawmakers doling out millions of […]
Economic Suicide: Federal Reserve Destroys the Dollar
From today’s interview with Press TV. Their journalist caught me early in the day before I had done any cussing, so I probably wasn’t as caustic as I should have been. ****** Experts are correct in blaming the US Federal Reserve’s policies for a nosedive that the US dollar has taken in value, says an […]
USA TODAY: Abolish the Sugar Program
USA TODAY, August 12, 2015 Rubio’s sweet but wasted bravery by James Bovard Fighting to kill jobs won’t win election America would be more prosperous if not a single sugar beet or sugar cane were grown anywhere in the United States because bankrolling sugar production in Florida makes as little sense as growing bananas in […]
MP3 of Public Policy Hooligan & Tom Woods Show
Bestselling author Tom Woods invited me back on his program to discuss Public Policy Hooligan: Rollicking and Wrangling from Helltown to Washington. Here is the link to the interview on Tom’s excellent site. Tom called the book “wonderful” and kindly commented: “There are so many things in Public Policy Hooligan that you guys would love […]