Even with George W. Bush as president, democracy does not guarantee liberty. Here is a piece I wrote for the Freeman on the topic last summer (now online here in PDF). The editor of the Freeman, Sheldon Richman, has one of the best freedom blogs on the Net; his “Free Association” is here. If you enjoy […]
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Bush Brings Medieval Justice to America
The Bush administration has been shockingly clear regarding its intentions to medievalize American justice. The memos vindicating torture written by high-ranking Bush administration officials should have woken up all Americans to the rising peril. Unfortunately, the memos have gotten far less attention than they deserve. This article, posted today by the Future of Freedom Foundation, ran […]
Bush’s Biggest Bosh – 2nd Anniv.
Following is the lead and wrap-up of a piece I did for the February issue of Freedom Daily. The Future of Freedom Foundation will put the full text online later this year. The Second Anniversary of Bush’s Worst Bosh by James Bovard Two years ago last month, Bush gave his second inaugural address. As I […]
Lively Interview Online – Torture, Iran, Dictatorship, etc.
Antiwar.com columnist Scott Horton interviwed me today for an hour about Attention Deficit Democracy. We had a good ol’ time – I hope folks get lots of laughs from the show. Scott, who has done some excellent writing on the danger of war with Iran, had excellent observations on the latest developments in the Middle […]
America’s Previous Antiterrorism Disasters in Lebanon
In his State of the Union message last week, George Bush rattled his saber towards Hezbollah, trying to make it sound almost as frightening as Al Qaeda. This was typical Bush hokum. The history of U.S. intervention in Lebanon proves that America should stay the heck out of that country. I wrote the following piece last August; it appeared in the Future […]
Subversive Photos from the DC Antiwar Rally 1/27/07
SEE PHOTO BELOW (@#$# software) This was my favorite photo from Saturday’s demonstration. Where is the Secret Service when you need it? I have 10 other photos posted at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bovard/ I am tottering on the edge of getting the hang of some of this modern technology. UPDATE 1/30: The Flickr page with the “Bush Swings […]
Photos from Saturday’s Antiwar Demo
At Saturday’s antiwar demo in DC, it was good to see lots of folks fed up with Bush’s BS. And there were lots of great signs and comic relief. I am in the process of loading my photos from the demo here. I will get more shots up tomorrow morning. Claire Wolfe kindly posted several of my fav shots on her […]
