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Nashville Tennessean Denounces My Cynicism

An editorial headlined, “Your Time is Coming – Make it Count”  in Sunday’s Nashville Tennessean denounced my bad attitude: Staunch libertarian James Bovard cynically decries efforts to promote participation in elections, saying, “Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.” We could not more vehemently disagree. […]

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C-SPAN Booknotes: Terrorism & Tyranny (2003 transcript)

I came across this transcript this morning and figured it was worth sending around the track one more time. You can watch the video from this interview here – Brian Lamb’s views come through more clearly on tape than in the transcript. One of my favorite comments he made: “Well, your sense of humor — […]

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Ron Paul: Toppling Political Idols and Changing American Politics

As someone who was born in Iowa, I’m pleased to see many Iowans flocking to support Ron Paul. The Washington Post has a tut-tutting front-page story today complaining that Paul’s 45-minute stump speech “outlines a view of the world so bleak it would make Chicken Little sound like an optimist.” It is not surprising that […]

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Redefining Extremism: Ron Paul – the Sane Republican Alternative

As Herman Cain’s candidancy melts into absurdity, I hope that reasonable Republicans will take another look at the one principled candidate running for the presidency. It is ironic how extremist has been redefined in American politics. In 1964, Barry Goldwater was considered extremist in part because of his rhetoric implying that he could favor a […]

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MP3 of Playing Whack-A-Federal-Mole on the Brian Wilson Show

WSPD’s Brian Wilson and I had a hoot yesterday flogging hell out of the Patriot Act and its noxious progeny. Dang, hard to believe this stupid act is 10 years old. It has almost outlived my idealism. You can listen to or download the show by clicking here brian-wilson-patriot-act-bash-10-27-2011

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Mainstream Media to Ron Paul: Just Disappear, Dammit!

The media is doing backflips to vaporize Ron Paul after his near-win in the Iowa Straw Poll. The Washington Post’s front-page article on the Iowa results had only a single parenthetical mention of Ron Paul. Politico columnist Roger Simon has an excellent column today entitled “Ron Paul Remains Media Poison.” WSPD’s Brian Wilson did an […]

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