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My 1996 Speech at Stanford Univ. on Lost Rights and Government Tyranny

By on July 9, 2026 0

My 1996 speech on Lost Rights & Government Tyranny at the Stanford University Hoover Institute. I discussed asset forfeiture outrages, zoning tyranny, affirmative action absurdities, Ruby Ridge and Waco, and all-round federal oppression.  Here’s a link to my 1994 book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty, discussed in this speech.

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Tom Blanton, Heroic Hell-raiser for Freedom, R.I.P.

By on July 4, 2026 3

One of America’s top political satirists and funniest hellraisers passed away this week. Tom Blanton did one of the best daily roundups of government oppression and outrages stories on the Internet.  His Project for a New American Revolution was an inspiration for me and thousands of other folks over the years.  Tom was also one […]

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Do I Look like a “Radical Left Lunatic” Vandal?

By on June 24, 2026 0

Video version of this story at this link  Do I Look like a “Radical Left Lunatic” Vandal? by James Bovard      I blundered on Saturday by failing to check the latest updated terrorist profile before visiting Washington, DC. How was I to know that National Guard troops would be on the lookout for 60ish […]

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Our Train Trip to Political Hell

By on March 23, 2026 6

Our Train Trip to Political Hell by James Bovard, Mises Institute, March 23, 2026 A recent Facebook memory notice reminded me of when I was young and naïve and full of political hope. Okay, maybe I wasn’t full of political hope but at least I wasn’t as old at the end of the last century. […]

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