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My Zestiest Epigrams of 2024

My Zestiest Epigrams of 2024 by James Bovard, January 9, 2025 * In Washington, anyone who doesn’t worship government is considered an extremist. (N.Y. Post, January 20) *The more power politicians capture, the more flattery they hear, and the more deluded they usually become. (FFF, December) *Politics nowadays is a horror show that never ends. […]

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Witches, Covid, and Our Dictatorial Democracy

Witches, Covid, and Our Dictatorial Democracy By James Bovard   December 26, 2024   Government, History, Law   12 minute read SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL  On December 1, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning his son Hunter for all the crimes he committed from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024. Biden’s […]

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Burning Witches and Torching American Democracy

Burning Witches and Torching American Democracy James Bovard Facebook Twitter Reddit Email On December 1, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning his son Hunter for all the crimes he committed from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024. Biden’s sweeping pardon of all of his son’s abuses epitomizes how presidents and their families […]

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Why Trump Routed the D.C. Establishment, Again

Why Trump Routed the D.C. Establishment, Again 11/07/2024 • Mises Wire • James Bovard After the media complained nonstop for months about Donald Trump offering a dark message on the presidential campaign trail, a New York Times headline bewailed his election victory on Wednesday morning: “America Hires a Strongman.” So anyone who cast a ballot […]

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Facebook Censors Gone Wild

Facebook Censors Gone Wild By James Bovard   November 6, 2024   Censorship, Government, Technology   6 minute read Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg recently lamented how his company groveled to federal demands to censor any criticism of the Biden administration’s Covid policy. But is Facebook really launching a “Brave New World” era of free speech? […]

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The “Will of the People” Post-Election Horror Show

The “Will of the People” Post-Election Horror Show By James Bovard On the morning after elections, many voters wake up and instinctively quote Dorothy Parker: “What fresh hell is this?” “Will of the people!” is the correct answer – at least if a Democrat won the election.  Actually, the notion that election results represent the […]

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The Most Dangerous Democratic Delusion

The Most Dangerous Democratic Delusion by James Bovard, October 30, 2024 Democracy is a system of government under which the people are automatically liable for whatever the rulers inflict upon them.  Many of the most deadly errors of contemporary political thinking stem from the notion that in a democracy the government is the people, so […]

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