Secrecy and the Divine Right to Deceive by James Bovard Secrecy and lying are two sides of the same political coin. The Supreme Court declared in 1936, “An informed public is the most potent of all restraints upon misgovernment.” Thus, conniving politicians have no choice but to drop an Iron Curtain around Washington. Politicians guarantee […]
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Hillary Clinton’s Sordid History of Secrecy and Censorship
Hillary Clinton’s Sordid History of Secrecy and Censorship by James Bovard, September 23, 2024 Libertarian Institute “You could drop Hillary into any trouble spot, come back in a month and…she will have made it better,” former President Bill Clinton declared in a 2016 speech championing his wife’s presidential candidacy. But Hillary’s entry into the brawls […]
Will the Ghost of Duncan Lemp Haunt Gun-Grabbing Politicians?
Will the Ghost of Duncan Lemp Haunt Gun-Grabbing Politicians? by Jim Bovard | Mar 11, 2024 If you post a photo of a rifle on Instagram, tag it to your hometown, and add a caption like “green tip armor piercing gets the girls wet,” Maryland police can cite that to get a no-knock search warrant […]
New York Post: Biden Plays Orwell and Redefines “Recession”
New York Post, July 25, 2022 Biden plays Orwell, tries to redefine what ‘recession’ means By James Bovard “All rulers in all ages have tried to impose a false view of the world upon their followers,” George Orwell wrote in “1984.” On Thursday, the federal government is expected to release statistics revealing that the economy […]
Political Accounting: Why Waste is Inevitable
From the Freeman, September 1999 – partly extracted from my Freedom in Chains (1999) Here are a few of the punchier lines from the piece – * The benevolence of government rarely transcends the venality of politics. * The amount of power a politician can seize over other people is inversely related to the politician’s […]
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