FBI Boss Robert Mueller Conned America to Ravage Our Rights by James Bovard Former FBI director Robert Mueller was a twenty-first century version of J. Edgar Hoover, trampling the Constitution and seizing new power on any pretext. When Mueller died in March, the New York Times eulogized him as a “button-down, lockjawed, rock-ribbed exemplar of […]
Also posted on Zero Hedge, Counterpunch, Eurasia Review, etc. Libertarian Institute, March 23, 2026 The Late Robert Mueller, Bill of Rights Executioner by James Bovard Obituaries on eminent Washingtonians usually omit the dreadful precedents they set that will vex Americans long after their death. Not this piece. Former FBI director Robert Mueller died last week […]
Prior to the 2012 election, the American Conservative asked my thoughts on the presidential race. Here’s my 2 cents (also in the Jpeg below): If I vote, I’ll either select Gary Johnson or write in Ron Paul. This election has almost guaranteed that America will have at least four more years of bad government. Obama’s […]
Here is a round-up of some of my epigrams on the War on Terror. I tweaked a few lines for this repost and I may have missed or forgotten other lines that I should have included. I welcome any suggestions to add (or delete) for this list. Investors Business Daily, October 2, 2001: Like a […]
Mises Institute, September 6, 2021 Remember When Conservatives “Canceled” Anyone against the War on Terror? I Do. by James Bovard Life in American changed twenty years ago after the 9/11 attacks. Many Americans became enraged at anyone who did not swear allegiance to President George W. Bush’s antiterrorism crusade. Anyone who denied “they hate us […]
American Conservative, July 2, 2021 Sham Surveillance Safeguards vs. Tucker Carlson Those quick to dismiss the TV host’s concerns that he is being spied on by the NSA should consider the sordid history of illicit surveillance. by James Bovard (g0d4ather/Shutterstock) Fox News host Tucker Carlson was mocked on social media this week for stating that […]
Mises Institute, March 18, 2021 The Never-Ending Battle between Leviathan and Liberty by James Bovard The notion that Americans will always be free is part of the catechism that is force-fed to public school students. For hundreds of years, philosophers, politicians, and reformers have touted a law of history that assures the ultimate triumph of […]
Barron’s: Potomac River Blindness (2012)
My 1996 Speech: Robbery with a Badge Asset Forfeiture Stanford University
My Waco Finale from My 1994 Second Amendment Rally Speech at Lincoln Memorial
New York Times: Bankrupt Environmentalism (1985)
Stanford University 1996 Finale: 37 Seconds of Lost Rights’ Brimstone
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