Hearty thanks to economist Greg Ransom, the mastermind of the Hayek Center, and to Irish farmer, writer, and freedom advocate Paddy Manning. The journalist I’ve always admired most, James Bovard, has written his remarkable & unlikely life story Kindle $6.95 amazon.com/gp/product/B00… — TakingHayekSeriously (@FriedrichHayek) March 20, 2013 finished Public Policy Hooligan by James Bovard, great […]
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Busing Tyranny by Boston’s Best & Brightest
From today’s Washington Times – BOVARD: A bitter lesson from ‘the best and the brightest’ Boston children were sacrificed on the altar of equality by James Bovard The Boston School Committee announced last week that it will finally end almost 40 years of forced busing — long after the policy effectively wrecked local schools. Forced […]
My Time in the Tower of London 2006
Musing how Bush’s war on terror and invasion of Iraq ten years ago changed the world… Here’s one of my old fav pieces first published in 2006 by the Future of Freedom Foundation, supplemented with a few photos I took. When I visited the Tower of London, I was mesmerized by Traitor’s Gate. I wondered […]
Podcast on Public Policy Hooligan- Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson’s Libertas project is rattling right along. He and I palavered for 40 minutes earlier this week talking about Public Policy Hooligan, Brian’s legendary cursing as a Baltimore radio host, and other zippety topics. The discussion was fairly high-toned until Brian brought up “Raging Bitch.” You can listen to or download the interview by […]
The Mirage of Welfare State Freedom
From the December 2012 issue of the Future of Freedom, from the Future of Freedom Foundation – The Mirage of Welfare State Freedom by James Bovard Government dependency was one of the hottest issues in this year’s presidential race. Unfortunately, neither major-party candidate focused on the perils of “freedoms” that rely on government handouts. Instead, […]
Obama Muffes Title of Born-Again Privacy Champion
Reuters reports that the Obama folks will soon permit far more exploitation of the financial data the feds have vacuumed up: – The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, […]
EEOC Trampling Freedom and Common Sense – Wash. Times
My Tuesday triumph of hope over experience: “Maybe congressmen will take time off from making speeches invoking freedom to actually rein in a federal agency trampling Americans’ rights.” –From today’s Washington Times – BOVARD: Making the workplace friendly for felons U.S. demands ‘no questions asked’ of job applicants by James Bovard Should it be a […]
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