Counterpunch, June 13, 2024 Politicians Will Always Be Shameless Liars by James Bovard Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Former president Donald Trump was recently convicted by a New York jury after prosecutors claimed he was guilty of “hoodwinking” voters in the 2016 election by paying to cover up his boinking a beefy porn star. Manhattan […]
Politicians Will Always Be Damn Rascals by James Bovard, June 10, 2024 Former President Donald Trump was recently convicted by a New York jury after prosecutors claimed he was guilty of “hoodwinking” voters in the 2016 election by paying to cover up his boinking of a beefy porn star. Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg proclaimed that […]
End Rent-a-Halo Bullshit: Separate Piety and Politics by James Bovard, May 31, 2024 Facebook Twitter Reddit Email The First Amendment of the Constitution specifies, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” In Washington, the “free exercise thereof” perennially includes politicians exploiting religion to sanctify themselves and […]
Today is the 80th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt’s “economic bill of rights” speech. Here are some pieces I wrote on that buncombe: RealClearHistory – January 6, 2023 – FDR’s Corrupt Concept of Freedom FDR’s Worst Perversion of Freedom: The “Four Freedoms” Speech Tags U.S. History 01/17/2019James Bovard Mises Institute Franklin Roosevelt did more than any […]
Biden’s Wrecking Ball Benevolence for Homebuyers by James Bovard When did being creditworthy become a federal crime? The Biden administration is intentionally punishing homebuyers with good credit scores to subsidize people with shaky histories of paying their debts. But the latest salvation scheme ignores the sordid history of federal policymakers ravaging homeowners they promised to […]
My 40 Year War on Reefer Madness by Jim Bovard | June 26, 2023 Libertarian Institute Forty years ago last week, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner published my first attack on the federal drug war. The previous year, the Reagan administration unleashed its “Just Say No” program, vilifying anyone who smoked a joint, sniffed the […]
New York Post, April 25, 2023 Biden’s mortgage ‘equity’ will screw up the homebuying market By James Bovard When did being creditworthy become a federal crime? Team Biden will intentionally punish homebuyers with good credit scores to subsidize people with shaky histories of paying their debts. But the latest salvation scheme ignores the sordid history […]
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