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Washington Post’s Crazy Iran War Conspiracy Theory

Libertarian Institute, March 12, 2026 Washington Post’s Crazy Iran War Conspiracy Theory By James Bovard Why do so many Americans distrust the Washington Post? “Pro-Iran propaganda network gains traction with posts about Epstein”offers a tankerload of clues. Social media is overflowing  with bogus claims and A.I. videos related to the Iran War.   Prudent folks are […]

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Another Federal War on Free Speech

Another Federal War on Free Speech by James Bovard “If it is known that authorities have power to coerce, few people will wait for actual coercion,” economist Friedrich Hayek wrote in the 1956 foreword to his 1944 classic The Road to Serfdom. Hayek’s insight could be the Rosetta Stone for understanding the Trump administration’s zealotry […]

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Why Did Trump Arrest a Student for Writing an Op-Ed?

Ryan McMaken and I had fun smacking the Trump administration for sending 6 masked federal agents to seize a Turkish grad student to punish her for writing an op-ed. Is this case the bellwether for a sweeping crackdown on free speech – first with foreign students, & then American citizens? Trump, discussing the protests over […]

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Zero Hedge: “Bovard Warns Conservatives, Libertarians Over Foreign Student Persecution Cases”

Zero Hedge, April 18, 2025 Bovard Warns Conservatives, Libertarians Over Foreign Student Persecution Cases Authored by Jim Bovard “If it is known that authorities have power to coerce, few people will wait for actual coercion,” economist Friedrich Hayek wrote in the 1956 foreword to his 1944 classic, The Road to Serfdom. Hayek’s insight could be the Rosetta Stone […]

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Pseudo-Omniscience Versus Freedom

American Institute for Economic Research, August 5, 2021 Pseudo-Omniscience Versus Freedom James Bovard Shut up and submit” is now the favorite Covid cure of some of America’s leading progressives. Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist, revealed on Tuesday that since freedom is a mirage, people have no good reason not […]

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35th Anniversary of Biggest Pre-9/11 U.S. Antiterrorism Debacle

This week is the 35th anniversary of one of the biggest antiterrorism disasters in American history.  President Reagan sent U.S. troops to Beirut in the chaotic aftermath of the 1982 Israeli invasion. 243 Marines were killed on October 23, 1983 when a lone terrorist drove a truck bomb past the poorly-guarded perimeter and detonated his […]

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