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Ukraine Proves Iraq War Lessons Unlearned Inside the Beltway

American Conservative, March 21, 2023 Will the Circle Be Unbroken? by James Bovard Twenty years after the Iraq invasion: The war may be over, but the War Party carries on. Last year, former President George W. Bush vehemently condemned the “decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.” Bush […]

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Washington Times on Justice Dept. Effort to Suppress My USA Today Articles

washingtontimes.com  July 7, 2022 Records reveal Obama administration’s secret campaign to silence opinion writer By Ryan Lovelace Newly revealed Justice Department records show the Obama administration’s hidden censorship tactics to silence writer Jim Bovard’s criticism of then-Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. A top Justice Department official sought to intimidate USA Today into no longer […]

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Justice Department Pressured USA Today To Stop Publishing Me in 2015

Published by Libertarian Institute,  and republished by Counterpunch In 2015, Justice Department press chief Brian Fallon bitterly complained to USA Today editors about my articles walloping Attorney General Eric Holder, including”Eric Holder’s Lawless Legacy,” [Feb. 3, 2015] and “Eric Holder’s Police Shooting Record? Dismal,” [Aug. 20, 2014].  Fallon (who later became presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s […]

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On C-SPAN Friday morning 8:45, Feb. 11, On Covid Policy

I will be on C-SPAN Washington Journal tomorrow morning from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m.  I will be discussing my USA Today articles on Covid policies with host Greta Brawner. Here is the C-SPAN link on the program.   I will post a link to the program after it is concluded and reposted on the web by […]

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10th Anniversary of Obama Killing a Young American

Today is the 10th anniversary of the drone killing of Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqi, a 16 year old born in Colorado and killed in Yemen.  He perished as part of Obama’s crackdown on terrorist suspects around the world. His father, who was also an American citizen, was killed two weeks earlier by another drone strike ordered by […]

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Congress Is Still Unfit to Govern

Congress Is Still Unfit to Govern by James Bovard “In politics, stupidity is not a handicap,” Napoleon is reputed to have said more than two centuries ago. Boundless ignorance is also not a handicap, as Congress demonstrated last December by approving a 5593-page bill without reading it. Plenty of activists and editorial pages howled over […]

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I Should be “Rapped and Killed” – Obama Devotees Condemn USA Today Oped

I am chagrined that not everyone liked  yesterday’s USA Today oped, “Obama Fueled the Distrust that Led to Donald Trump.” I expected the piece to spur thoughtful exchanges by folks with different perspectives. Alas, my hopes for a rebirth of civility have been mercilessly crushed. Here’s some responses generated via Twitter, email, and elsewhere online.  […]

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