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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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