Will Any ‘Last Rights’ Epigram Go to the Moon? by James Bovard Epigrams are excellent propellants for seditious ideas. How far can one line go? Thirty years ago, I casually appended a sentence to the end of a paragraph in the final chapter of my book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty. I was […]
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N.Y. Post: Biden speaks of ‘hell’ at the National Prayer Breakfast — his speech certainly was
nypost.com, February 2, 2024 Biden speaks of ‘hell’ at the National Prayer Breakfast — his speech certainly was James Bovard Does God start sweating when packs of politicians proceed to piously pray in public? If so, heaven needed extra Kleenex Thursday. That’s the day President Biden spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast. It’s one of […]
My Zestiest Zingers of 2023
Libertarian Institute, January 2, 2024 Bovard’s Zestiest Zingers of 2023 by Jim Bovard | 2023 was another godsend for cynics. Here’s a round-up of my zestiest lines from my articles in the past year. Some lines were tweaked for this collection. Hearty thanks to Hunter DeRensis and editors at other outlets who ran those articles […]
Janet Reno Is No Hero
Reason Magazine, January 2024 Janet Reno Is No Hero A new biography by Judith Hicks Stiehm ignores Janet Reno’s many failures as attorney general. James Bovard | From the January 2024 issue Janet Reno: A Life, by Judith Hicks Stiehm, University Press of Florida, 224 pages, $35\ In April 24, 2000, a day after Easter […]
N.Y. Post: More nails in the coffin of Biden’s censorship regime
New York Post, December 1, 2023 More nails in the coffin of Biden’s censorship regime James Bovard With each passing month, we are getting closer to the Custer’s Last Stand for federal censors. But will free speech triumph in time to prevent the feds from secretly rigging the 2024 presidential election? At a House Weaponization […]
The TSA Is Still Crazy after All These Years
The TSA Is Still Crazy after All These Years by James Bovard November 14, 2023 The TSA has been promising to end its boneheaded ways for more than 20 years. Flying out of Dallas International Airport last week, I ruefully recognized that all TSA reform promises are malarkey. As I neared the end of a […]
N.Y. Post: Citizens, only Supreme Leader Joe Biden can save democracy: hearing his speech is compulsory
New York Post, September 15, 2023 Citizens, only Supreme Leader Joe Biden can save democracy: hearing his speech is compulsory by James Bovard Joe Biden is planning another victory lap as the savior of American democracy. The president will do a high-profile speech on the “ongoing threats to democracy” in Arizona just after the next […]