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Poontang Vanquishes A.I.?

Poontang vanquishes clueless A.I.? From my video “Peach Picking Philosopher,” Descript software automatically extracted this “short” & titled it, “Pun Tang and Possum: A Peach Orchard Mystery.” Lucky they didn’t automatically choose art work for the brief video. Here’s a link to the full video from which this short was plucked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHMpRKzpOMI

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Highway Robbery Is the Law of the Land

Highway Robbery Continues to Be the Law of the Land by James Bovard Seizure fever is toxifying law enforcement across the nation. For more than thirty years, federal, state, and local government agencies have plundered citizens on practically any harebrained accusation or pretext. You could be at risk of being pilfered by officialdom anytime you […]

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Is Freedom Public Enemy Number One?

The Media War on Canadian Truckers: Is Freedom Public Enemy Number One? by James Bovard The denigration of the Canadian trucker protest convoy exemplifies how freedom is now the biggest villain of the Covid-19 pandemic. A Washington Post cartoonist portrayed the trucker convoy as “fascism” incarnate while another Post column derided the “toxic ‘Freedom Convoy.’” […]

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MP3 Talking the Virginia Governor’s Contest with Mises’ Jeff Deist

 Mises Institute president Jeff Deist and I had a rollicking chat this afternoon on the Virginia election on News Talk Florida. Regardless of who wins the governor’s race, government schools took a shellacking in this election.  Far more parents are awakened and outraged at officialdom claiming the right to indoctrinate children as politicians please.  Jeff […]

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Teachers Unions Have Always Been Terrible

American Conservative, February 15, 2021 Teachers Unions Have Always Been Terrible Forty years of getting in the way of childrens’ education by James Bovard NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 3, 2020: BLM, UFT and other groups participate in a National Day of Resistance to protest for demands including no reopening of schools, police-free schools, and […]

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50 Years Ago (!?!): Boy Scout Eagle Scout Award

Fifty years ago today, I received the Eagle badge in Boy Scouts.   If I had a dollar for every person in subsequent decades who was shocked or appalled that someone like me could have reached Eagle, I could buy several kegs of the best beer in Maryland. Likewise, it would be fun to know how […]

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A Halo for the Civil War is Hogwash

Libertarian Institute, July 16, 2020 A Halo for the Civil War is Hogwash by James Bovard “If the people who started wars didn’t make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight?” said Rhett Butler, the savvy anti-hero in Gone with the Wind. Politicians, activist historians, and social justice warriors have awarded the American […]

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