We Never Got to Torture Congress by James Bovard, May 26, 2025 Folks who believe the current political atmosphere is uniquely hateful have forgotten the boundless vitriol prevailing a few decades ago. During the George W. Bush administration, Republicans relied on push-button rage to suppress all criticism of the war on terror. After I appeared […]
March 28, 2025, Counterpunch Intellectuals are Washington’s Biggest Bootlickers James Bovard Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Washingtonians become vested in Leviathan the same way that residents of other big cities become vested in their local NFL franchise. Fashionable ideas are the intellectual equivalent of lapel pins of the American flag. Anyone who recites the […]
Leviathan Logic versus Individual Liberty by James Bovard, March 24, 2025 The failure to think clearly about government is one of the greatest sources of tyranny. The history of liberties lost is the history of patterns of abuses ignored and inductions not made. People talk about the importance of ideas in politics. Often, it is […]
Power of the Pen The president uses signing statements to decree which laws apply to him. James Bovard , American Conservative July 17, 2006 For generations, Republican politicians have spoken reverently of the rule of law. But since 2001, this hoary doctrine has been redefined to mean little more than the enforcement of the secret […]
Richard Morrison of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and I smacked around the feds and bantered over the prospects for Trump, Musk, DOGE, and ever putting a leash on federal agencies. https://x.com/JimBovard/status/1877422695073058948
Witches, Covid, and Our Dictatorial Democracy By James Bovard December 26, 2024 Government, History, Law 12 minute read SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL On December 1, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning his son Hunter for all the crimes he committed from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024. Biden’s […]
October 25, 2024 Tyranny via “Freedom From Fear” James Bovard The Democratic Party is championing Kamala Harris as a born-again champion of freedom. Earlier this year, Democrats shifted their rhetorical focus from democracy to freedom, hoping the latter term would rev up more voters. “Freedom from fear” has become one of the top pledges of […]
Jim
Sorry to hear that the Grim Reaper has hit so hard
Jim
Excellent point on them just blurting out anything
Tom Blanton
I've been thinking that politicians debating
Tom Blanton
All of my life-long friends have passed away in th
John Walker
A great tribute to a life lived well and to a kins
