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My 2025 Epigrams: Cynicism Redeemed

Cynicism Redeemed: My 2025 Epigrams by James Bovard 2025 was another great year for scoffing at politicians and Washington. Here are some of the zestiest lines from articles I wrote last year. Trump Returns “Trump’s economic victory proclamations are akin to a bad magician whose tricks are so lame that his audience starts to heckle […]

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Did TSA Finally Grab the Wrong Groin?

Did TSA Finally Grab the Wrong Groin? By James Bovard Evita Duffy-Alfonso, the pregnant daughter of Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, tore into TSA last week over the abuse she suffered prior to a recent flight.  Writing on X on Thursday, she called for abolishing TSA: Writing on X I nearly missed my flight this […]

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N.Y. Post: The Joy of Dilbert

I will post a link to the online version of the text when it goes live at the New York Post webpage. I will also be making & posting a video with comments on some of my fav Dilbert strips. Here’s the piece: Opinion PostScript The joy of Dilbert: Scott Adams brightened our lives by […]

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Are You on a Secret TSA Watchlist?

Are You On a Secret TSA Watchlist? By James Bovard In 1999, the Supreme Court recognized in that the “‘constitutional right to travel from one State to another’ is firmly embedded in our jurisprudence.” Unless federal agents secretly disapprove of you, your beliefs, or your suspected connections. Or unless those agents are feeling ornery and […]

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N.Y. Post: Tame the TSA

\ nypost.com There’s only one way to end TSA’s political weaponization of surveillance James Bovard Only in Washington would an edict to banish all dissidents be labeled Operation Freedom to Breathe. The Transportation Security Administration in 2021 created a secret watchlist of individuals who publicly opposed President Joe Biden’s COVID mask mandate.  Operation Freedom to […]

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Did Trump Expose the D.C. Sham on Waste and Fraud?

Did Trump Expose the D.C. Sham on Waste and Fraud? by James Bovard, FFF On January 24, President Trump fired 17 inspector generals working for a wide array of federal agencies. Trump’s action jolted Washington because most of those officials could supposedly only be removed for cause — specific misconduct or other abuses. Trump also […]

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Biden’s Sordid Legacy: Ravaged Rights and Liberties

BIDEN’S SORDID LEGACY: RAVAGED RIGHTS & LIBERTIES by James Bovard Joe Biden’s presidency ends on January 20, 2025. There will likely be a media stampede to hallow his reign and trumpet his virtues. But Biden perpetually trampled his January 20, 2021, oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” In his […]

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