{"id":19020,"date":"2024-01-12T11:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=19020"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:04:15","slug":"last-rights-the-death-of-american-liberty-january-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/12\/last-rights-the-death-of-american-liberty-january-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty (January update)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hearty thanks to everyone who has purchased or reviewed Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The book delivers hard facts and comic relief for these dire times.\u00a0 Here’s a thumbnail on the book, reviews, and links to some excerpts & spinoffs:<\/p>\n

Americans today have \u201cfreedom\u201d to be fleeced, harassed, surveilled, injected, censored, vilified, beaten, jailed, and maybe shot by federal agents. From hapless homeowners hit by SWAT raids to pandemic lockdowns pointlessly paralyzing lives, government agencies have become far more intrusive and abusive. There is no escape from tinhorn dictators seizing guns, sabotaging schooling, or wrecking housing markets. At a time when many Americans fear our nation is spiraling towards dictatorship or civil war, notorious investigative journalist James Bovard is back with another masterful blend of political outrages and humor. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

From the FBI fabricating crimes and targeting Catholics and perturbed parents, to the TSA daily molesting legions of women, to the IRS plundering and blundering, Uncle Sam is on the rampage. The Constitution failed to leash politicians and the Bill of Rights failed to protect citizens. \u00a0But awakening people to the political devastation is the first step to ending tyrannical trends. Last Rights <\/em>explains how America went awry and how we can still rescue individual liberty.<\/p>\n

James Bovard is the author of 11 books, including the 1994 bestseller, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty. He is a member of the USA Today Board of Contributors, a frequent contributor to the New York Post, and has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Playboy, and many other publications, and is a Libertarian Institute fellow. The Wall Street Journal called Bovard \u201cthe roving inspector general of the modern state,\u201d New York Times labeled him an \u201canti-czar Czar,\u201d and Washington Post columnist George Will called him a \u201cone-man truth squad.\u201d His writings have been publicly denounced by the chief of the FBI, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Labor, Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the TSA, DEA, and FEMA. In 2015, the Justice Department sought to suppress his articles in USA Today. His books have been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and Korean.<\/p>\n

REVIEWS AND BLURBS<\/p>\n

\u201cJames Bovard\u2019s new book, Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty, is a must read.\u201d Legendary Reagan OMB chief David Stockman<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cJim Bovard\u2019s fine and true book, Last Rights, manages to be dire, terrifying and funny in equal parts. It makes a great Christmas gift for your awakened reader.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Author Ann Bauer<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cJim Bovard is rightly a hero among libertarians for his outstanding journalistic work. He gets right down into the details of topic after topic and anecdote after anecdote and it is all in there packed in there.\u00a0 Let’s think about supporting old Jim Bovard and go pick up your copy of Last Rights.\u201d\u00a0 Author Tom Woods<\/a>, Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award recipient<\/p>\n

\u201cLast Rights is an immensely valuable resource\u2026 an astonishing, sobering compendium of abuses of power by a man who has the energy and persistence to document everything, with good, reliable references and no excesses of rhetoric\u2026. The book is worth owning as a gesture of support to a unique author. This is truly the ideal book to loan to skeptical friends.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Author Charles Platt<\/a>, former senior writer for Wired magazine<\/p>\n

\u201cJames Bovard\u2019s new book, ‘Last Rights’, is a towering explication of how wicked and rights-crushing the federal police state has become.\u201d Author Gardner Goldsmith<\/a>, host of Liberty Conspiracy Radio Show<\/p>\n

“An excellent read, Last Rights documents the daily costs the US government imposes on the\u00a0 citizens it claims to protect and represent.\u00a0 You will learn more on one page of Last Rights than you will in a whole year at the University.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Author Keith Knight, host of Don\u2019t Tread on Anyone<\/a> Podcast<\/p>\n

\u201cBuy this book, dammit! … I\u2019m glad to see Bovard on the warpath again…\u00a0 The more you read, the more your blood pressure will rise. He is doing what our vaunted legacy media refuses to do: tell the truth, kick butt, and take names.\u201d Mises Institute economist and editor Bill Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to learn about the many ways the federal government violates your rights, wastes your money, and abuses its powers, you should read James Bovard\u2019s Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty. It is only 306 pages long (not counting endnotes), but it contains more information than some encyclopedias. It is well-written and an easy read.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Washington lawyer and former Education Department official Hans Bader<\/a><\/p>\n

Excerpts and Spinoffs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Tyranny Comes to\u00a0 Main Street” –Chapter One\u00a0 of Last Rights<\/a> –\u00a0 New York Post<\/strong><\/a>, MSN<\/strong><\/a>, American Conservative<\/a>, Future of Freedom Foundation<\/a>, Zero Hedge<\/a>, Straight Line Logic<\/a>, Qoshe.com<\/a>, etc.<\/p>\n

Fauci Continues Covid Cover-up on Capitol Hill – New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Biden Invokes Hitler to Save American Democracy – New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Biden versus the Rule of Law” – New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Truth is the Biggest Threat to D.C. Democracy – Libertarian Institute<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Will Congress Unleash Federal Spies at Your Hotel and Coffee Shop? – New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Is Free Speech a Relic in America?” – Future of Freedom Foundation <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Stop the Biden Big Brother Better Act” – American Conservative<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“The Crazy Covid Copulation Exemption” – Brownstone Institute<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Janet Reno\u00a0 is No Hero” – Reason<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“More Nails in the Coffin of Biden Censorship Regime” – New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“TSA Still Crazy After All These Years” – Mises Institute<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

FBI Turning Trump Supporters Into Terrorist Targets – New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Biden’s Potemkin Presidency Sham – New York Post<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Bovard\u2019s writings have been publicly denounced by FBI director Louis Freeh, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Postmaster General, and the chiefs of the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as well as by many congressmen and other malcontents.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jim.bovard","https:\/\/x.com\/jimbovard"],"url":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19020"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19025,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19020\/revisions\/19025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}