George W. Bush has apparently given up any aspiration of receiving an honorary award from the American Civil Liberties Union. His administration is responding to the Supreme Court ruling striking down his military tribunals with a legislative proposal that would place far more Americans in peril of having their rights nullified. The Washington Post reports […]
Tag Archives | Bush Betrayal
Redefining War Crimes out of Existence
The Washington Post today details how the Bush administration is desperately scrambling to get Congress to pass a law to retroactively legalize torture. OK, this is not exactly what the Post said — they would not be so ill-mannered towards the government. But the Supreme Court’s decision last month declaring that the Bush order on […]
LISTEN LIVE ONLINE – Thursday (7/20) 10 am Eastern – I’m on Charles Goyette Show
I will be on the Charles Goyette show at 10 AM Eastern time Thursday (7/20). Charles is now on KFNX, 1100 AM – available via the dial all over AZ and surrounding turf, and via the Internet all over the world (except West Virginia). Listen live online here. We will be discussing the history of Israeli action in Lebanon, […]
Israel’s Forgotten Record in Lebanon, 1982+
LewRockwell.com posted a piece of mine today on the latest round of Mideast killings. Most of the piece is extracted from my 2003 book, Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Justice, Peace, and Freedom to Rid the World of Evil (Palgrave). Here’s the lead of today’s piece: As the Israeli government continues bombing throughout Lebanon in response […]
Fox News Fan Mail
Got this email from someone who heard my two cents (actually, more like a half cent) on Fox News tonight. I bet this guy is out at a bookstore right now trying to buy up all the copies of my books that he can find. ********** You are the one with attention deficit disorder. One […]
On Fox News Hannity & Colmes tonight 9:30 (friday)
Just finished an interview/debate on MSNBC on the New York Times’ illegal surveillance. I will be on Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes tonight at 9:30 debating the same program. Should be a barrel of monkeys. LATER: ***POST-SHOW POSTSCRIPT: OK, so much for the barrel forecast. Major snafu (this blog aspires to family friendly language, except for […]
The Most Absurdities Per Kilogram
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted my Freedom Daily article on the feds’ war against Tommy Chong. Always sad to see a great comedian get no respect. Here are the first few paragraphs; full text is here. The Most Absurdities per Kilo by James Bovard, Posted June 6, 2006 The war on drugs has produced […]
