Cynicism Should Win the Mid-Term Elections By James Bovard In an era of clueless voters and profoundly dishonest candidates, cynicism is one of the last best checks on political power run amok. Regardless of the final vote count in Tuesday’s mid-term congressional elections, both Republicans and Democrats have earned all the distrust they will reap. […]
Intellectuals Paved the Road to Serfdom by James Bovard In the same way that medieval kings seized any excuse to invade neighboring countries, today’s politicians perennially seek pretexts to further invade citizens’ lives. And there is never a shortage of intellectuals who, like the courtiers long ago, assure their masters that God — or at […]
On 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks – Never forget how President George W. Bush & his top officials lied and denied that the FBI and CIA had not received clear warnings of a pending terrorist attacks
Here’s two minutes of my spiel at an April 2005 debate including Pat Buchanan on civil liberties and the war on terrorism. I was hitting the themes from my book Terrorism and Tyranny (2003) and Bush Betrayal (2004).
Afghan Lessons for American Democracy by James Bovard After Al Qaeda terrorists used Afghanistan for training bases for the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. military invaded Afghanistan and quickly routed the Taliban government. President George W. Bush boasted that U.S. troops brought freedom and democracy to Afghanistan. But rather than democracy, the United States brought Hamid […]
FBI Boss Robert Mueller Conned America to Ravage Our Rights by James Bovard Former FBI director Robert Mueller was a twenty-first century version of J. Edgar Hoover, trampling the Constitution and seizing new power on any pretext. When Mueller died in March, the New York Times eulogized him as a “button-down, lockjawed, rock-ribbed exemplar of […]
Only thing this pro-war video is missing is a cameo of Kristi Noem shooting a puppy https://t.co/B2gmjd7X7z— James Bovard (@JimBovard) March 6, 2026 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing: Reagan-appointed military commission blamed the disaster in part on Marine guards being prohibited from carrying loaded weapons to stop attackers. https://t.co/ZzdK0XL6TC— James Bovard (@JimBovard) March 6, 2026 Hoopla […]
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Athenian democracy always ends in disaster.
Jim
excellent line.
What the heck, AI is cheaper than
Bubble Up
We'll be sitting in AI clover drinking that f
Jim
Excellent point on the credentials. Always sad wh
R R Schoettker
Thanks for the transcript. The ‘show me your cre
