Christian Gomez of the New American wrote an excellent article on the Patriot Act bashing during CPAC. Here’s a few outtakes from his piecedealing with my spiel at CPAC on Saturday: Bovard started his speech by asking the audience: “I’d like to know how many people in this room have had their phone calls wiretapped […]
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Patriot Act and Attention Deficit Democracy
The Campaign for Liberty reposted this 2006 article of mine today, so, what the heck – I’ll pile on. The Patriot Act and Attention Deficit Democracy By James Bovard The American political system failed when Congress and the media recently rolled over in favor of extending the most onerous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. […]
Our Know-Nothing Foreign Policy
From January 2011, my American Conservative review of Derek Leebaert’s Magic and Mayhem. Worst and Brightest Review of Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy From Korea to Afghanistan, Derek Leebaert, Simon & Schuster, 336 pages By James Bovard In the decades since John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, foreign-policy experts have become Washington’s leading […]
Why the Tea Party Should Despise George W. Bush
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today this article from the September issue of Freedom Daily – (also on Counterpunch) Why the Tea Party Should Despise George W. Bush by James Bovard The Tea Party movement is challenging politicians and political establishments in many parts of this country. Many Tea Party supporters define themselves […]
How Washington Protects Your Privacy & Liberty
from the January issue of The Freeman – James Bovard How Washington Protects Your Privacy and Liberty January/February 2011 • Volume: 61 • Issue: 1 Preserving trust in government is the highest good—at least for politicians. To create that trust, government continually spawns façades to make people believe their rights are safe. Few things better […]
MP3s of Today’s Interview with WBAL’s Ron Smith on Assassin Nation
Ron Smith and I had a rollicking chat on “Assassin Nation” on WBAL this morning. Ron is much savier than most hosts – and he has paid attention for decades to how government power has accumulated and become far more dangerous. We also took some whacks at WikiLeaks critics. I commented that many Americans were […]
Make Bill of Rights Day America’s Anti-Politician Day
Here’s an op-ed being distributed today by the good folks at the Future of Freedom Foundation – Make Bill of Rights Day America’s Anti-Politician Day by James Bovard Wednesday, December 15, is the 219th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights — the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Bill of Rights Day […]
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956):
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The utter impotent uselessness of the US congress
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