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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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Democracy’s Damndest Defamation

Democracy’s Damndest Defamation by James Bovard , September 4, 2024 In a democracy, people automatically become liable for whatever the government inflicts 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 and vice versa, so there is scant reason […]

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80th Anniversary of FDR’s Most Toxic Bosh

Today is the 80th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt’s “economic bill of rights” speech.  Here are some pieces I wrote on that buncombe: RealClearHistory – January 6, 2023 – FDR’s Corrupt Concept of Freedom FDR’s Worst Perversion of Freedom: The “Four Freedoms” Speech Tags U.S. History 01/17/2019James Bovard  Mises Institute Franklin Roosevelt did more than any […]

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Nixon’s Gold Treachery Made Me a Cynic

American Institute for Economic Research, August 13, 2021 Nixon’s Gold Treachery Made Me a Cynic James Bovard Fifty years ago, on August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon announced that the U.S. government would cease honoring its pledge to pay gold to redeem the dollars held by foreign central banks. Nixon declared he was taking “action […]

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Biden’s “America the Beautiful” Vision Ignores Feds’ Dreadful Record

American Institute for Economic Research, May 10, 2011 Biden’s “America the Beautiful” Vision Ignores Feds’ Dreadful Record by James Bovard Will Biden’s “America the Beautiful” program save America’s environment? On January 27, President Joe Biden issued an executive order proclaiming “the goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030.” […]

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