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 of murdering Venezuelan fishermen. Trump has boasted of the killings by the U.S. military but claims all the targets were drug smugglers. Trump has threatened […]
The “Freedom From Fear” Ticket for Tyranny by James Bovard | Oct 23, 2024 The Democratic Party is championing presidential candidate Kamala Harris as a born-again champion of freedom. Earlier this year, Democrats shifted their focus from democracy to freedom, convinced that the latter word would enthrall voters on Election Day. Providing “freedom from fear” […]
Here’s my video spiel spurred by my New York Post oped today. Will the Hunter Biden firearms convictions by a Delaware jury torpedo the most anti-gun president in U.S. history? Will Krispy Kreme devotees hunt me down and force me to pay for my heresy?
New York Post, June 12, 2024 Hunter Biden verdict shatters family’s myth of legal invincibility, endangering Joe by James Bovard President Biden’s re-election campaign was hit by a torpedo Tuesday when a Delaware jury convicted his son Hunter on three felony charges. Ironically, the political fate of the most anti-gun president in American history could […]
In the early 1970s, Louisiana imposed a death penalty for marijuana violation. OK, it wasn’t technically a death sentence from judicial sentencing. Instead, it was open season to go after any purported pothead. Brian Wilson was a top radio host in Baton Rouge in 1971 when Elton John came to Louisiana on a concert tour. […]
My 40 Year War on Reefer Madness by Jim Bovard | June 26, 2023 Libertarian Institute Forty years ago last week, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner published my first attack on the federal drug war. The previous year, the Reagan administration unleashed its “Just Say No” program, vilifying anyone who smoked a joint, sniffed the […]
The latest “Something Completely Different” weekly podcast with Brian Wilson – It’s time for the latest episode of The Week So Far — Brian and Jim take a look at how politicians and the media are treating the January 6th “Tucker” tapes (the surveillance video from the Capitol given to Tucker Carlson), how the public […]
