During the pandemic, Washington think tanks championed vaccine mandates, lockdowns, and a heap of other bogus repressive remedies. Have enough Americans learned to distrust Washington experts? from my Corbett Report interview at https://corbettreport.com/think-tanks-stink-tanks/ Transcript: BOVARD: Some of the think tanks have been very active pushing for censorship in Europe and elsewhere, and they were mostly […]
James Corbett and I thrashed think tanks today on his Corbett Report, one of the most insightful and entertaining podcasts in the world. He discussed my recent Future of Freedom Foundation article, Intellectuals Paved the Road to Serfdom. I used spectral lighting in honor of Halloween. I will read up on how to do podcast […]
Economics professor Charlotte Twight passed away this past week. She was a courageous and principled opponent of the federal abuse of power across the board. Her training as a lawyer was a huge asset in her analyses of the rascalities of federal agencies. I exchanged some emails with her over the decades but didn’t have […]
Video version of this story at this link Do I Look like a “Radical Left Lunatic” Vandal? by James Bovard I blundered on Saturday by failing to check the latest updated terrorist profile before visiting Washington, DC. How was I to know that National Guard troops would be on the lookout for 60ish […]
Why do so many Washington bicyclists ride like kamikaze pilots?
New York Post, January 25, 2026 Team Trump moves to ban traffic cameras in DC — as NYC’s set to quadruple the dangerous devices The Trump administration may soon reduce highway robbery by 95% in Washington, DC. The Big Apple needs the same silver bullet because the city’s drivers could speedily be victimized by the biggest […]
Forty Years Sniping at Leviathan by James Bovard | Dec 19, 2024 I have spent decades trying to turn political dirt into philosophic gold. I have yet to discover the alchemist’s trick, but I still have fun with the dirt. I was born in Iowa and raised in the mountains of Virginia. Wheeling and dealing […]
Jim
Excellent point on the credentials. Always sad wh
R R Schoettker
Thanks for the transcript. The ‘show me your cre
R R Schoettker
The US government, like all rulers, doesn’t ‘p
Joe Blow
You're partly right. Liberal college educated
R R Schoettker
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