Mises Institute, January 25, 2024 Biden and Forgotten Federal Financial Tyranny by James Bovard Americans were jolted last week to learn that the Joe Biden administration viewed purchasing a Bible as a potential terrorist warning sign. Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, revealed that the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network […]
James Bovard, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty https://www.amazon.com/Lst-Rights-Death-American-Liberty/dp/B0CP9VCNDH/ CHAPTER ONE: TYRANNY COMES TO MAIN STREET Americans today have the “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, wiretapped, injected, censored, ticketed, disarmed, beaten, vilified, detained, and maybe shot by government agents. Politicians are hell-bent on protecting citizens against everything except Uncle Sam. Is America becoming […]
Dann Reid, the host of the Culinary Libertarian podcast, had me on his show last week to discuss the torrent of propaganda spurred by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. As Lily Tomlin quipped, “No matter how cynical you get, it is not enough to keep up. The wide-ranging conversation also covered cheap cigars, peanut butter, and other […]
American Institute for Economic Research, October 4, 2021 The Secret Tariff Code Heist James Bovard Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy,” as Attorney General Ramsey Clark warned in 1967. As a journalist, I have battled federal agencies for decades to try to discover the sordid details of how Americans’ rights and liberties are being shafted. […]
[the full text of many of the articles mentioned here are posted here] Mises Institute, July 27, 2018 40 Years of Pummeling the Postal Service by James Bovard Today is the 40th anniversary of the publication of my first attack on the Postal Service. “Time to Stamp Out the Postal Monopoly” was the lead article […]
Thanks to the Maryland Senior Olympics for a hoot of a track meet today. Finished first in my age category – my first win with the discus since 1974 (insert “Geezer Alert” here). Below is a film clip of one of my throws. I have forgotten what the joke was that spurred my hearty laughter before […]
Future of Freedom Foundation Bipartisan Battering of Freedom by James Bovard For more than 40 years, Republicans have been promising to cut federal spending. In the same period, federal outlays have inched up by a few trillion dollars. But the Grand Old Party continues singing the same song — though voters may finally be losing […]
