American Conservative, January 31, 2024 Nikki Haley, Authoritarian-in-Waiting by James Bovard New advertisements from the Nikki Haley presidential campaign are touting the former South Carolina governor as the “better choice” for America. In a season in which the Biden re-election campaign is openly comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, Haley is increasingly portrayed as someone […]
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 […]
Will TSA Steal Your Mug? by James Bovard January 22, 2024 Dorothy Parker’s signature line, “What fresh hell is this?” is the new the mantra for travelers at American airports. TSA is rapidly expanding a program in which travelers stand in photo kiosks that compare their faces with a federal database of photos from passport […]
Libertarian Institute, January 2, 2024 Bovard’s Zestiest Zingers of 2023 by Jim Bovard | 2023 was another godsend for cynics. Here’s a round-up of my zestiest lines from my articles in the past year. Some lines were tweaked for this collection. Hearty thanks to Hunter DeRensis and editors at other outlets who ran those articles […]
Tom Woods and I had a hoot on his podcast talking about my new book, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty. We debunked police dogs, tarred the TSA, and revealed how Pornhub is being victimized by the ADA. Beer also takes a victory lap late in the interview. In his thumbnail for the interview, […]
James Bovard, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty https://www.amazon.com/Lst-Rights-Death-American-Liberty/dp/B0CP9VCNDH/ CHAPTER ONE: TYRANNY COMES TO MAIN STREET Americans today have the “freedom” to be fleeced, groped, wiretapped, injected, censored, ticketed, disarmed, beaten, vilified, detained, and maybe shot by government agents. Politicians are hell-bent on protecting citizens against everything except Uncle Sam. Is America becoming […]
The TSA Is Still Crazy after All These Years by James Bovard November 14, 2023 The TSA has been promising to end its boneheaded ways for more than 20 years. Flying out of Dallas International Airport last week, I ruefully recognized that all TSA reform promises are malarkey. As I neared the end of a […]
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