The Foundation for Economic Education posted online my piece from the current issue of their Freeman magazine responding to David Brooks’s call to devalue freedom in American poiltics. Freedom Is Not the Issue? It Just Ain’t So! The Freeman September 2008 By James Bovard The Friends of Leviathan are once again encouraging people to forget […]
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Introduction from FREEDOM IN CHAINS (1999)
Here’s another flash from the past. Freedom in Chains: The Rise of the State and the Demise of the Citizen was hell on my moderate image. Curious how the intellectual battle lines have shifted in the decade since I wrote this book. I recall some reviewers denouncing me as an extremist for focusing on government abuses such […]
Martial Law Act of 2006
The Future of Freedom Foundation today posted online my article from the January 2008 issue of Freedom Daily on Martial Law. Without further ado… The Martial Law Act of 2006 by James Bovard Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in a 591-page bill […]
The 9/11 Servility Reflex
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my Freedom Daily piece on the tidal wave of groveling that swept America after 9/11. THE 9/11 SERVILITY REFLEX Freedom Daily, December 2008 by James Bovard Many citizens react to their rulers like little kids who recognize that a stranger is acting suspiciously and may be up […]
Stomping Freedom: The Martial Law Act of 2006
Counterpunch posted online my Freedom Daily January article on how Congress passed law to give presidents push-button martial law power. Here’s the piece. Stomping Freedom Inside the Martial Law Act of 2006 By JAMES BOVARD Martial law is perhaps the ultimate stomping of freedom. And yet, on September 30, 2006, Congress passed a provision in […]
Thanks for the Great Comments in ’07!
I greatly appreciate the folks who added their thoughts and wit to this blog over the past 12 months. We’ve had a hoot of a time, despite the political BS flooding this nation. Laughter might not be the best medicine, but it is a good antidote to the servility that pervades the media and contemporary political life. And I’ve learned […]
Drunk Driving Checkpoints vs. Freedom
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online a piece I wrote for their Freedom Daily on the scourge of drunk driving checkpoints. DRUNK DRIVING CHECKPOINTS: EVERY DRIVER GUILTY by James Bovard Tens of thousands of innocent Americans are stopped each month at police checkpoints that treat every driver as a criminal. These checkpoints, supposedly started […]
