In 1987, a communist hooker-spy tried to nail me in Bucharest, Romania. Here’s how I dodged that honey trap. This is an outtake from the Future of Freedom Foundation video series on the horrors of socialism.
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My East Bloc Adventures 1977-1987
My East Bloc adventures vaccinated me for life against trust socialism. Here’s my spiel on my adventures behind the Iron Curtain – part of the Future of Freedom Foundation series on the Horrors of Socialism
Mayor Mamdani’s collectivist warmth is a lot like chilly Commie Bucharest
New York Post, January 10, 2026 Mayor Mamdani’s collectivist warmth is a lot like chilly Commie Bucharest by James Bovard Mayor Mamdani promised New Yorkers Jan. 1 he would “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Luckily, psychiatrists have not yet classified “rugged individualism” as a mental illness. But Mamdani’s vision […]
Political Slavery in Our Times
Political Slavery in Our Times by James Bovard In 1977, East Germany ransomed hundreds of its leading intellectuals and artists to West Germany, partly because it did not wish to endure public criticism by its own citizens during an International Rights Conference. In spite of the human sale, there was no general revulsion against the […]
The Biden Crime Family and Our Corrupt Foreign Aid
The Biden Crime Family and Our Corrupt Foreign Aid by James Bovard I know Romanian corruption. When I was exiting the country after investigating its collapsing economy in 1987, I made sure to bribe every guard who searched my luggage at the Bucharest airport with a pack of Kent cigarettes. But I neglected to give […]
N.Y. Post: How the Biden corruption empire ran under the radar for so long
New York Post, May 11, 2023 How the Biden corruption empire ran under the radar for so long by James Bovard I know Romanian corruption. When I was exiting the country in 1987 after investigating its collapsing economy, I made sure to bribe every guard who searched my luggage at the Bucharest airport with a […]
My Sordid Bribery History, Biden Scandals, and Mis-Jabbed Nurses – Brian Wilson Podcast
From the BrianWilsonWrites substack: “Indeed a rare Two and Only podcast wherein Jim Bovard actually displays more faith in the House Oversight Committee’s Biden investigation than Brian Wilson! Hear this strange and usual conversation – and the deep background on Jim Bovard’s successful but little-known Kent cigarette Romanian distributorship!” Listen to the podcast at this […]
Jim
Excellent point on the credentials. Always sad wh
R R Schoettker
Thanks for the transcript. The ‘show me your cre
Joe Blow
You're partly right. Liberal college educated