An Antidote to the FDR Cult A new biography presents Franklin Roosevelt as one of the greatest scoundrels of American political history. James Bovard | 11.25.2025 8:00 AM Reason.com Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google (Open Universe) FDR: A New Political Life, by David […]
.” New York Post, October 12, 2025 Give me liberty: America doesn’t need a Trump coin — or any other presidential currency James Bovard George Washington refused to allow his image on the nation’s coins because it would be too “monarchical.” But will the Trump administration rise above that old superstition with a new dollar coin […]
Forty Years Sniping at Leviathan by James Bovard | Dec 19, 2024 I have spent decades trying to turn political dirt into philosophic gold. I have yet to discover the alchemist’s trick, but I still have fun with the dirt. I was born in Iowa and raised in the mountains of Virginia. Wheeling and dealing […]
Hearty thanks to Daniel McAdams and Dr. Ron Paul for having me on the Liberty Report to discuss “Last Rights.” It was great to catch up with two guys that are doing so much to keep alive the spirit of liberty and awaken other Americans to the cause.
My Two-Bit Political Awakening by James Bovard Samuel Johnson may have been wrong when he declared, “There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.” But for young kids, collecting coins is a less pernicious pastime than becoming a pyromaniac or Tik-Tok star. My own experience collecting, […]
UPDATE: Here is the corrected Youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjZo0KEU_NI The War on Cash Is Here, Gold Will Be the Only Road to Freedom Says Renowned Columnist Stansberry Research [351K YouTube subscribers] The war on cash will have disastrous consequences with loss of privacy the greatest risk, says James Bovard, a best selling author and columnist for […]
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 […]
Geoffrey Britain
"On April 5, 1933, Roosevelt commanded all ci
Jim
Ms. Podojil, thanks very much for your kind words
catherine podojil
Mr. Bovard,
Thank you for laying it all out so
Jim
thanks very much!
Rich Weyhe
Incredibly well written and informative.
