Biden’s Rescue Act Targets Americans’ Freedoms by James Bovard Since the 1800s, surly Americans have derided politicians for spending tax dollars “like drunken sailors.” Until recently, that was considered a grave character fault. But Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act shows that inebriated spending is now the path to national salvation. It was a common […]
Philadelphia conservative dynamo Rich Zeoli had me back on his 1210 WPHT talk show yesterday to thrash red light cameras. As I mentioned during the show, “the people who are hit worst by this racket are black folks in the low-income areas of Washington, DC – they are 8 to 10 times more likely to […]
I was feeling patriotic yesterday so I went to visit the sacred temple of our democracy. This was as close as I got.
More to come on this topic in the coming days….
American Institute for Economic Research, December 21, 2020 FBI’s Newest Prerogative: Shooting Subway Passengers by James Bovard Was the torrent of media editorials and exposes denouncing police violence earlier this year all a sham? Thirty-six years ago, Bernie Goetz pulled a pistol and shot four youths who were shaking him down on the New York […]
Mises Institute, August 11, 2020 Why I Write by James Bovard I was born in Iowa, raised in the mountains of Virginia, and attended Virginia Tech sporadically from 1974 to 1976 before dropping out to try my luck writing. At some point in the late 1970s, individual liberty became my highest political value and I […]
Somebody was asking about this piece recently so I’m sending it for another lap around the track (or at least the blog). An editing error in the posted version stated that Hersh won the Pulitzer for his 1972 New Yorker article on the My Lai massacre. My original submission correctly stated that Hersh won the […]
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
Thanks Jim, I appreciate the link to the text.I pr
