In 1987, a communist hooker-spy tried to nail me in Bucharest, Romania. Here’s how I dodged that honey trap. This is an outtake from the Future of Freedom Foundation video series on the horrors of socialism.
Tag Archives | East Bloc
2011 My Speech on Obama’s War on Prosperity and Freedom
Obama had far worse economic policies than most Americans recall, beating the bushes to sway more Americans to take federal handouts. His civil liberties policies were also dreadful. Hat tip to Muriel for the great question after my speech that spurred my riff on dodging border guards and sub-machine guns in the East Bloc in […]
Bartering Across East Bloc Borders (Wall St. Journal, 1987)
Wall Street Journal Europe, January 25, 1987. Bartering Across East Bloc Borders by James Bovard Socialism makes bad neighbors. This past summer, a Czech border guard stopped a Polish family leaving Czechloslovakia and ordered a Polish kid to take off his new Czech shoes “because taking children’s shoes out of the country is prohibited.” The […]
Jim
Excellent point on the credentials. Always sad wh
R R Schoettker
Thanks for the transcript. The ‘show me your cre
Joe Blow
You're partly right. Liberal college educated