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 […]
New York Post, December 3, 2024 Musk, Vivek face target-rich environment for vile federal regs and waste by James Bovard Elon Musk promises that his new Department of Government Efficiency can reveal how to cut federal spending by $2 trillion per year. Musk and his DOGE partner Vivek Ramaswamy are compiling a list of Uncle […]
Protectionism Is More Idiotic Than It Looks by James Bovard Donald Trump’s re-election assures that protectionism will become even more fashionable inside the Beltway. Trump recently declared that tariff is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary,” and the exaltation of trade barriers has become the latest political mania. Washington hustlers are loudly promising to […]
Alan Mosley and I had a hoot recapping the Great Biden-Harris Train Wreck of 2024 and the boundless arrogance of the Democratic Party bosses on his “It’s Too Late” podcast. We also bantered about what to expect from Trump, America’s foreign conflicts, and the controversy over Libertarian Party support for non-libertarians. Here are a few […]
American Conservative, November 2, 2024 Kamala’s “Freedom From Freedom” Hoax Don’t be fooled—the Harris campaign promises old-fashioned government paternalism. by James Bovard In her closing spiel at the Ellipse on Tuesday night, Vice President Kamala Harris was flanked by giant banners with the word FREEDOM. Harris returned to her Democratic National Convention theme, along with the […]
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 […]
Thanks again to Kelley Vlahos for having me on her podcast last week. Here are a couple brief excerpts of my riffs (transcript below): Part of what fascinates me with this election cycle is to try to figure out how many Americans still give a damn about freedom. Because to see the ease with which […]
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