I was interviewed yesterday by Press TV on the record setting national debt. The old Roman saying in the headline for this blog occurred me to after the interview finished but oh bother. You can hear the early morning monologue by clicking here. And here are some outtakes from the interview: “The debt load is far […]
The New York Times has a good story today headlined, “War Gear Flows to Police Departments.” Unfortunately, this nonsense has been going on for decades. Playboy published a piece I wrote in 2000 on the militarization of SWAT teams. The article includes a discussion of Waco and the 1999 high school shootings in Littleton, Colorado. […]
Why the California Raisins Have Stopped Singing Using 1930s-era regulations, the USDA can commandeer up to half a farmer’s harvest. by James Bovard Wall Street Journal May 27, 2014 Earlier this month the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture taking 47% of a farmer’s harvest does not […]
From the February 2014 issue of FFF’s Future of Freedom – HOW I LEARNED NOT TO SHOVEL by James Bovard The Obama administration has touted government jobs and training programs as one of the solutions to America’s high unemployment rate. Such programs can teach young people invaluable lessons — especially about the unreliability of political […]
As I was getting ready to race out the door for a tromp yesterday morning, I got a call from Press TV. Would I comment on the latest jobs report? What the heck – it was almost 9 a.m., and I had not yet vented that day. (I wonder if there could be any misunderstandings from […]
Washington Times, May 2, 2014 Obama’s War on Watchdogs by James Bovard A Senate report last week revealed that the Obama administration utterly debilitated the inspector general for the Homeland Security Department. Charles Edwards, the acting IG from early 2011 till last December, toadied to Obama appointees at every opportunity — stifling reports, deleting damning […]
From the November 2013 issue of the Future of Freedom (published by FFF) AmeriCorps: Idealistic Triumph or Usual Buffoonery? by James Bovard National service is the latest fashionable panacea for all that ails America. Time magazine ran a July cover story, “How Service Can Save Us,” on the potential benefits of pressing all young people […]
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