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 […]
Are You On a Secret TSA Watchlist? By James Bovard In 1999, the Supreme Court recognized in that the “‘constitutional right to travel from one State to another’ is firmly embedded in our jurisprudence.” Unless federal agents secretly disapprove of you, your beliefs, or your suspected connections. Or unless those agents are feeling ornery and […]
Also posted on ZeroHedge etc. with 350 comments Canadian Hikers Get the COVID-Style Tyranny Treatment by Jim Bovard | Sep 1, 2025 Canadian politicians are creating one bonfire after another of freedom and individual rights. COVID crackdowns established persecution precedents that politicians in some provinces refuse to allow to gather dust. Politicians are claiming the right […]
Politicians Multiply Mental Illnesses by James Bovard, August 25, 2025 Almost 25% of government schools nationwide are now surveilling the mental health of students. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill to bring “universal mental health screening” to two million Illinois students as part of his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative. But this rescue […]
JB Pritzker’s school-screening law mandates more mental illness — and your state could be next, parents James Bovard 6–7 minutes Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed a bill to compel all Illinois schools to offer students mental-health screenings. Pritzker proclaimed the new law “is a national first worth celebrating.” But his Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation […]
New York Post Oh, Canada’s hypocrisy! ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters face ludicrous prison sentences for mere ‘mischief’ By James Bovard Published Aug. 2, 2025, 10:00 a.m. ET According to Canada’s top prosecutors, the only thing worse than tyranny is “mischief.” And the worst possible “mischief” is objecting to tyranny. In a sentencing hearing earlier this week, […]
Brownstone Institute – reposted on Zero Hedge & many other websites Did the Feds Label You a Covid “Violent Extremist?” By James Bovard June 3, 2025 Biden administration policy-makers hated you more than you knew. From the start of the Covid pandemic, I warned that the feds were vilifying anyone who failed to kowtow […]
Jim
Currin, thanks for your kind words & your reco
Currin Snipes
I just discovered your moving tribute to Doug toda
Prof Watson
Walden is just the musing of a single man and shou
