From Biden’s Potemkin Presidency to Trump’s Potemkin War By James Bovard In this age of social media and A.I. illusions, an old Russian scam provides the best lens to understand America’s two most recent presidents. In eighteenth-century czarist Russia, a fake village was built by a Russian governor named Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin to deceive […]
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 […]
Trump bombs Iran to prove his devotion to peace. Trump supporters break all their previous records on groveling
My old friend Ernest Hancock, Arizona’s legendary libertarian hell-raiser, and I had fun smacking around the latest Washington scandals and speculating on what the Trump administration will do. I started out by admitting that I felt guilty for the fact that Ernie did not personally receive a January 6 pardon from Donald Trump. Ernie is […]
Why Trump Routed the D.C. Establishment, Again 11/07/2024 • Mises Wire • James Bovard After the media complained nonstop for months about Donald Trump offering a dark message on the presidential campaign trail, a New York Times headline bewailed his election victory on Wednesday morning: “America Hires a Strongman.” So anyone who cast a ballot […]
The “Freedom From Fear” Ticket for Tyranny by James Bovard | Oct 23, 2024 The Democratic Party is championing presidential candidate Kamala Harris as a born-again champion of freedom. Earlier this year, Democrats shifted their focus from democracy to freedom, convinced that the latter word would enthrall voters on Election Day. Providing “freedom from fear” […]
Radio host Rod Arquette and I had fun tonight smacking around the media and Kamala Harris’ record on 105.9 KNRS in Salt Lake City. Here’s a few outtakes: “This presidential race is being portrayed as a choice of Hitler or Joan of Arc. But it’s not that simple.” “Harris talks about a having a future […]
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