I finally came across a YouTube clip of the Glenn Beck interview on AmeriCorps. You can watch it here. I forgot the cigar. [Suggestions are welcome… ]
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My Paranoia Vindicated – Gahan Wilson
“When did you first become aware of this imagined ‘plot to get you?’” Or, as they said after Ruby Ridge, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that they are not out to get you.” Gahan Wilson (no relation to Ruby Ridge) has a new 3 volume collection of his Playboy cartoons hot off the […]
The Post 9/11 Round-up of Innocents: Ashcroft’s High Crime
The Post–9/11 Roundup of Innocents by James Bovard Freedom Daily May & June, 2009 Many Americans have been lulled into a false sense of security by the end of the George W. Bush administration. In reality, the government continues to pose grave perils to people’s rights and liberties. And it could take only one shocking […]
Barron’s: Obama’s Make-Work Jobs Harm Teenagers
Barron’s ran an article of mine on summer jobs boondoggles as a guest editorial in the issue hitting teh stands today. Here’s an outtake from the article (a subscription is required to see the full version on the online site). Playing At Work Isn’t Productive Barron’s July 20, 2009 by James Bovard LONG BEFORE THE […]
Dead: A War Criminal, a Liar, and a Director of the Washington Post – McNamara
In its obituary article on Robert McNamara today, the Washington Post mentions that McNamara was a director of the Washington Post company. Was that honor bestowed because of McNamara’s lies or because of his war crimes? Or maybe he was just a really really great dinner guest at the homes of Post editors and owners. […]
Perverse Reading Habits of U.S. Attorneys: Shredding Privacy, Except for Torturers
From the Las Vegas Review Journal: US Attorney subpoenas Las Vegas Review-Journal for info about posters to a web-page story. “On May 26 the Review-Journal published an article about an ongoing federal tax evasion trial. The primary defendant, Las Vegan Robert Kahre, stands accused of tax fraud for using the rather inventive argument that he […]
The Campaign Reform Crime (or Scam?)
The Future of Freedom Foundation posted online today my article from the January issue of Freedom Daily on campaign reform scams. This is the first part of a two-part series on the McCain-Feingold act and related hokum. ******************************** The Campaign Reform Scam Part 1 Freedom Daily January 2009 by James Bovard In 2002, Congress passed […]
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