One Hundred Years of IRS Political Targeting by James Bovard, April 15, 2024 One hundred years ago, Senator James Couzens, a Michigan Republican, took to the Senate floor to denounce the Bureau of Internal Revenue for abusing its power and trampling innocent taxpayers. Couzens launched a sweeping Senate investigation of federal tax collectors. One year […]
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The Alarm Bells for Tyranny No Longer Work
When the military occupied D.C. in 2021, I was astounded that people felt comforted by troops and armored vehicles rolling down the streets and by the barbed wire surrounding Capitol Hill. It seemed like the “alarm bells for tyranny” no longer worked – at least not for over-educated folks with 2 or 3 Masters’ Degrees. […]
Talking “Last Rights” with Ron Paul on his Liberty Report
Hearty thanks to Daniel McAdams and Dr. Ron Paul for having me on the Liberty Report to discuss “Last Rights.” It was great to catch up with two guys that are doing so much to keep alive the spirit of liberty and awaken other Americans to the cause.
Lots of Laughs on Last Rights on Alan Mosley’s “It’s Too Late” TV Show
Hearty thanks to Alan Mosley for having me back on his show – which combines his wit and superb production standards. We had fun thrashing tyrants and he kindly plugged Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty. If this interview doesn’t make you laugh, you need to change meds. "Washington is the most craven place […]
Will Any ‘Last Rights’ Epigram Go to the Moon?
Will Any ‘Last Rights’ Epigram Go to the Moon? by James Bovard Epigrams are excellent propellants for seditious ideas. How far can one line go? Thirty years ago, I casually appended a sentence to the end of a paragraph in the final chapter of my book, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty. I was […]
Thrashing Gun Grabbers & Championing Second Amendment on Brian Wilson Podcast
from the BrianWilsonWrites substack summary: It’s the “Shooting Blanks and Bulleyes” episode of the Two and Only! Brian Wilson and James Bovard gallop with a rip-snortin’ chat fest about Chapter 3 and the 2nd Amendment from Jim’s new book. You can download or listen to the podcast by clicking here https://nfscd.buzzsprout.com/1991115/14549657 Jim Bovard is a […]
Philly’s Rich Zeoli: Last Rights “blows my mind again and again”
Philadelphia radio host Rich Zeoli had me back on his show yesterday on WPHT Radio. We had plenty of hearty from political and bureaucratic follies. Rich kindly tagged me as a “great voice for freedom” and said that my new book Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty “blows my mind again and again…. […]