The Great Escape from Government Schools? by James Bovard, April 3, 2024 Reposted on Zero Hedge After enduring bullshit school shutdowns during the COVID pandemic, many students concluded that school itself must be bullshit and have skipped attending classes. Government bureaucrats are panicking since subsidies are tied to the number of students’ butts in chairs […]
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Brian Lewis on Last Rights: “Masterpiece of Research and Brilliant Writing”
Brian Lewis is a former jet pilot and star tuba player for the Ohio State marching band. Brian is also the treasurer of the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance, one of the most effective pro-freedom organizations in America. The photo below is from his spiel at the 20th anniversary dinner for the Alliance when he was […]
Lots of Laughs on Last Rights on Alan Mosley’s “It’s Too Late” TV Show
Hearty thanks to Alan Mosley for having me back on his show – which combines his wit and superb production standards. We had fun thrashing tyrants and he kindly plugged Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty. If this interview doesn’t make you laugh, you need to change meds. "Washington is the most craven place […]
N.Y. Post: Shed a tear for America’s rapidly vanishing freedoms
New York Post, March 1, 2024 Shed a tear for America’s rapidly vanishing freedoms by James Bovard “Is the best of the free life behind us now?” Merle Haggard asked in a haunting 1982 country music hit song. Nine years earlier, Haggard had scoffed at potheads and draft dodgers in a White House performance for […]
Will Any ‘Last Rights’ Epigram Go to the Moon?
Will Any ‘Last Rights’ Epigram Go to the Moon? by James Bovard Epigrams are excellent propellants for seditious ideas. How far can one line go? Thirty years ago, I casually appended a sentence to the end of a paragraph in the final chapter of my book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty. I was […]
Trampling on a Symbol of Liberty
Trampling on a Symbol of Liberty by James Bovard Last August, 12-year-old Jaiden Rodriguez was kicked out of a public-school classroom in Colorado Springs after school officials decreed that the Gadsden flag patch on his backpack was “disruptive to the classroom environment.” Those Colorado officials didn’t know the meaning of “disruptive.” Thanks to savvy, thoughtful […]
N.Y. Post: Biden wants to defend democracy by making sure you can’t vote for Trump
New York Post, January 6, 2023 Biden wants to defend democracy by making sure you can’t vote for Trump by James Bovard Published Jan. 5, 2024, 7:26 p.m. ET “I understand power,” Biden boasted after finishing his speech to a small Democratic audience near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania on Friday. Biden invoked the courage of George […]
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