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1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing Proves U.S. Policymakers Are Incorrigible

The Full Story of 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing (That Pete Hegseth Won’t Tell You) by James Bovard, March 6, 2026 In his recent comments justifying a preventive war against Iran, President Donald Trump declared, “In 1983, Iran’s proxies carried out the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut that killed 241 American military personnel.” Secretary of War […]

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Trump, Treason, and the New York Times

Trump, Treason, and the New York Times 12/29/2025 • Mises Wire • James Bovard On Tuesday, President Trump denounced the New York Times in a Truth Social post as a “serious threat to the National Security of our Nation” and a “TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE” for publishing an article detailing Trump’s close personal relationship […]

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30 Years of Lost Liberties: FFF Video

The Future of Freedom Foundation is producing a series of podcasts on the crisis of civil liberties. I was on their show yesterday with Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling.  We had a rowdy good time and made it hot for the feds and plenty of rascally politicians.  Here is my take on 30 years of […]

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Forty Years Sniping at Leviathan

Forty Years Sniping at Leviathan by James Bovard | Dec 19, 2024 I have spent decades trying to turn political dirt into philosophic gold. I have yet to discover the alchemist’s trick, but I still have fun with the dirt. I was born in Iowa and raised in the mountains of Virginia. Wheeling and dealing […]

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Biden and Forgotten Financial Crimes (Audio)

The Mises Institute posted online an audio version of my recent piece on Biden and Forgotten Financial Crimes.  Thanks to Millian Quinteros for deftly rendering my prose into a vivid narrative. Here is the link  to the audio version.   Here’s the start of the article: Biden and Forgotten Federal Financial Tyranny – James Bovard […]

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N.Y. Post: Is the FBI turning Trump supporters into terrorist targets?

New York Post, October 5, 2023 Is the FBI turning Trump supporters into terrorist targets? by James Bovard Donald Trump’s supporters are now in the FBI terrorist-investigation crosshairs, according to a new report in Newsweek. The agency has created “a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers”; […]

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N.Y. Post: Attacking ‘Don’t tread on me’ is latest dunderhead progressive assault on American history

New York Post, August 31, 2023 Attacking ‘Don’t tread on me’ is latest dunderhead progressive assault on American history by James Bovard Twelve-year old Jaiden was kicked out of a public-school classroom Monday in Colorado Springs after school officials decreed that the Gadsden flag patch on his backpack was “disruptive to the classroom environment.” Those […]

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