From January 2011, my American Conservative review of Derek Leebaert’s Magic and Mayhem. Worst and Brightest Review of Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy From Korea to Afghanistan, Derek Leebaert, Simon & Schuster, 336 pages By James Bovard In the decades since John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, foreign-policy experts have become Washington’s leading […]
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Speaking on the Patriot Act on a CPAC Panel Next Month…
I will be paying my respects to the Patriot Act at a panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 to 11 a.m. The panel is sponsored by the Campaign For Liberty. C4L will be having lots of stout events at this year’s CPAC. The tone of CPAC […]
How Washington Protects Your Privacy & Liberty
from the January issue of The Freeman – James Bovard How Washington Protects Your Privacy and Liberty January/February 2011 • Volume: 61 • Issue: 1 Preserving trust in government is the highest good—at least for politicians. To create that trust, government continually spawns façades to make people believe their rights are safe. Few things better […]
Obama’s Dead Excuses for Afghan Carnage
from the Ottawa Citizen
MP3s of Today’s Interview with WBAL’s Ron Smith on Assassin Nation
Ron Smith and I had a rollicking chat on “Assassin Nation” on WBAL this morning. Ron is much savier than most hosts – and he has paid attention for decades to how government power has accumulated and become far more dangerous. We also took some whacks at WikiLeaks critics. I commented that many Americans were […]
Make Bill of Rights Day America’s Anti-Politician Day
Here’s an op-ed being distributed today by the good folks at the Future of Freedom Foundation – Make Bill of Rights Day America’s Anti-Politician Day by James Bovard Wednesday, December 15, is the 219th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights — the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Bill of Rights Day […]
My Antiwar.com Radio Interview on “Assassin Nation”
Antiwar.com’s Scott Horton and I had a rollicking good chat regarding “Assassin Nation” – the Obama administration’s right to kill Americans. You can listen to the MP3 by clicking on this 10_12_06_bovard