Biden Perpetuates Washington’s Idiotic Steel Trade Policies 04/19/2024 • Mises Wire • James Bovard Joe Biden is seeking to boost his reelection campaign by torpedoing Chinese imports. In an April 17 speech in Pittsburgh, the symbolic heart of the steel industry, Biden announced that he asked his US trade representative to triple tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum imports. […]
National Public Radio is catching hell for suspending Uri Berliner, a veteran NPR editor who recently condemned NPR’s political bias. Forty years ago this month, I wrote an oped for the Washington Times calling for ending all federal subsidies for public television. I stated: “Public TV could easily become self-reliant with little or no damage […]
Twenty-two minutes of mirth & political derision – the latest Two and Only Podcast For more wit and insights from Talk Show Legend Brian Wilson, check out https://brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/ January 24 episode highlights: Brian welcomed listeners to “the Existential Threat episode of The Two and Only, our weekly calculation of the roadkill of human rights littering […]
My 40 Year War on Reefer Madness by Jim Bovard | June 26, 2023 Libertarian Institute Forty years ago last week, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner published my first attack on the federal drug war. The previous year, the Reagan administration unleashed its “Just Say No” program, vilifying anyone who smoked a joint, sniffed the […]
Viewpoint: Trillion-Dollar Trouble James Bovard | From the July 1988 issue of Reason magazine Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL The latest problem with the Social Security system—a surplus of nearly $40 billion—could be far more dangerous than previous Social Security cliffhangers. In the past, the system repeatedly […]
JFK’s Baby at 25: Alive and Bumbling [1986] The Peace Corps celebrates its silver anniversary, but hold the champagne. James Bovard | From the May 1986 issue of Reason Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL “Most people talk about world problems. The Peace Corps solves them.” So says […]
American Institute for Economic Research, November 15, 2021 Stop Protecting Presidents from History by James Bovard Former president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block release of speech drafts, call logs, and handwritten notes regarding the January 6 Capitol Clash. Trump is seeking to prohibit the National Archives from delivering those records to a […]
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