Trump’s Iran Bombing Is the Latest in Presidential Absolutism by James Bovard, American Conservative June 26, 2025 Does President Trump have any legal basis for his foreign policy actions aside from his personal entitlement to absolute power? Presidents have been scorning congressional leashes on their foreign interventions since at least the Korean War. But […]
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The Folly of Attacking Iran (2003)
Here’s a piece I wrote in 2003 after the President George W. Bush’s initial victory laps on the Iraq War: “The Folly of Invading Iran.” That piece concluded: “If Bush advisors want to conquer Tehran, let them do it themselves.” Same is true today for Trump and his bellicose bootlickers. The Folly of Invading Iran […]
Will Trump Attack Iran and Destroy his Presidency?
Will Trump attack Iran and destroy his presidency and legacy? Is Trump hellbent on becoming the political reincarnation of George W. Bush? Also, killing a heap of innocent foreigners would ricochet disastrously on Americans. But in Washington, the advocates of mass carnage continue to be hailed as if they were the true friends of humanity. […]
N.Y. Post: Trump indictment shows federal secrecy gone wild makes political lies — like Biden’s — harder to uncover
New York Post, June 13, 2023 Trump indictment shows federal secrecy gone wild makes political lies — like Biden’s — harder to uncover by James Bovard Former President Donald Trump was indicted last week on 37 federal charges tied to his possession and mishandling of classified documents. Critics assert Trump betrayed his oath to uphold […]
N.Y. Post: How the feds spend $74M a year to Censor Americans
New York Post, March 3, 2023 How the feds spend $74M a year to try to censor Americans by James Bovard Have you ever tweeted about Russia? You could be tarred as an “unwitting proliferator of Russian narratives” by US government scorekeepers. Do you support the French “yellow vest” anti-lockdown protests? You are “Russia-aligned,” according […]
9/11 and My Pariah Decade
Mises Institute, September 6, 2021 Remember When Conservatives “Canceled” Anyone against the War on Terror? I Do. by James Bovard Life in American changed twenty years ago after the 9/11 attacks. Many Americans became enraged at anyone who did not swear allegiance to President George W. Bush’s antiterrorism crusade. Anyone who denied “they hate us […]
1987: My USA Today Oped Calling for U.S. Military Withdrawal from Middle East
U.S. government policy in the Middle East has been consistently idiotic for more than a third of a century. Here’s the first article I wrote calling for U.S. military withdrawal from that area – an “opposing view” to a USA Today editorial board position. Some Reagan administration officials had the bright idea of placing U.S. […]
