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Holy Sheetz on the Brian Wilson Podcast

From the Brian Wilson Writes Substack: “Just what you’ve come to expect! The Two and Only, Brian Wilson and James Bovard return for more unadulterated, free-range verbal gobsmacking of those who need it most. You must be THIS TALL to listen.” You can download or listen to this podcast episode by clicking here Sign up […]

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N.Y. Post: Shed a tear for America’s rapidly vanishing freedoms

New York Post, March 1, 2024 Shed a tear for America’s rapidly vanishing freedoms by James Bovard “Is the best of the free life behind us now?” Merle Haggard asked in a haunting 1982 country music hit song.  Nine years earlier, Haggard had scoffed at potheads and draft dodgers in a White House performance for […]

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Highway Robbery Is the Law of the Land

Highway Robbery Continues to Be the Law of the Land by James Bovard Seizure fever is toxifying law enforcement across the nation. For more than thirty years, federal, state, and local government agencies have plundered citizens on practically any harebrained accusation or pretext. You could be at risk of being pilfered by officialdom anytime you […]

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Nikki Haley, Authoritarian-in-Waiting

American Conservative, January 31, 2024 Nikki Haley, Authoritarian-in-Waiting by James Bovard New advertisements from the Nikki Haley presidential campaign are touting the former South Carolina governor as the “better choice” for America. In a season in which the Biden re-election campaign is openly comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, Haley is increasingly portrayed as someone […]

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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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