Cynicism Should Win the Mid-Term Elections By James Bovard In an era of clueless voters and profoundly dishonest candidates, cynicism is one of the last best checks on political power run amok. Regardless of the final vote count in Tuesday’s mid-term congressional elections, both Republicans and Democrats have earned all the distrust they will reap. […]
Presidential Entitlement to Kill: The 1998 Bombing of Sudan By James Bovard Last week was the 28th anniversary of the U.S. government bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan. Scott Horton, director of the Libertarian Institute, observed last week that that wanton assault by the Clinton administration “helped make a folk hero out of bin […]
Hi, I’m Jim Bovard. I’m a journalist and a writer. I write about the gun issue. It’s always good to see a journalist we’re popular here. I’m gonna be talking about the ban on the assault weapons. This is the most important part of the crime bill to President Clinton and, but people forget […]
Food Stamps and the Federal War on Self-Reliance James Bovard, November 12 2025 During the recent government shutdown, the temporary interruption of benefits to 42 million food stamp recipients was hyped as practically the greatest human rights violation of our time. A Nation magazine headline howled: “The United States Is Letting Its People Starve.” But […]
Also posted on Zero Hedge, Counterpunch, Eurasia Review, The Instituto Rothbard in Brazil created this awesome image for their Portuguese translation of this article. Thanks! THE SORDID HISTORY OF U.S. “AID” TO COLOMBIA By James Bovard President Trump is rattling his saber against Colombian President Gustavo Petro to punish him for accusing the U.S. government […]
The Future of Freedom Foundation is producing a series of podcasts on the crisis of civil liberties. I was on their show yesterday with Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling. We had a rowdy good time and made it hot for the feds and plenty of rascally politicians. Here is my take on 30 years of […]
Reposted on ZERO HEDGE, Eurasia, QOSHE, BeforeItsNews, ThePatriotLight, Burning Platform, OneNewsPage, Waco, Epstein, and Washington’s War on Truth by James Bovard, Counterpunch July 25, 2025 Facebook Twitter Reddit Bluesky Email How many atrocities can the federal government get away with? Americans are still vexed by the answers that Congress failed to deliver in 1995. […]
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