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Jim Bovard Speaks to Maryland Libertarians About the Waco Siege
by Jim Bovard | Apr 20, 2021 | Featured Articles
28 years ago yesterday, the FBI launched a tank and toxic gas assault on the Branch Davidians that ended with 80 dead civilians. On Saturday night James Bovard spoke to the Maryland Libertarian Party convention. Below is his riff from that speech on how Biden slapped...
Modern Age: “What Character from Creative Literature Would Be The Best Choice For President?”
by Steven Woskow | Nov 1, 2020 | Blog
Modern Age is pleased to offer some relief that nonetheless has a measure of relevance. We asked some twenty of our friends and contributors to weigh in on the best choice for president—but not the best choice on the ballot this November. Instead, we asked them to...
Jim Bovard in the Daily Caller: Can Ending ‘Endless Wars’ Save Trump’s Presidency?
by Scott Horton | Aug 13, 2020 | Blog
Check it out: Four years ago, Donald Trump electrified campaign audiences by denouncing “Trigger Happy Hillary” Clinton. Trump bragged in 2016 that his advisers knew “how to avoid the endless wars we are caught in now” but he has yet to deliver on what many voters...
This is Your Security Force
by Scott Horton | Mar 28, 2020 | Blog
They don't give a liquid shit about you or your family. I posted a note in this space a week or so ago from my sister begging people to stop hoarding (that is, stockpiling more than they need) the highest quality N95 masks that healthcare workers need desperately. But...
Pandemic Security Theater Is Self-Destructive, And Won’t Make Us Safer
by Scott Horton | Mar 24, 2020 | Blog
The Great Jim Bovard has a new one in the Daily Caller.
Fear And Loathing In A Mall Santa Uniform
by Scott Horton | Dec 24, 2019 | Blog
Jim Bovard in the Daily Caller.
Bovard on Deval Patrick
by Scott Horton | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
Wouldn't you know it? As a Justice Department official under Bill Clinton, he said it was just fine for the FBI HRT to murder Vicky Weaver.
The Great Jim Bovard: This July 4th, Cuss a Politician
by Scott Horton | Jul 3, 2019 | Blog
Only this guy could get such great stuff in USA Today. The Washington Post condemned Trump’s “gaudy display of military hardware that is more in keeping with a banana republic than the world’s oldest democracy.” Regrettably, the Post’s indignation over a few tanks...
The Waco Massacre
by Scott Horton | Apr 19, 2019 | Blog
<bump> Some scumbag on Twitter is arguing with me about Waco. So as revenge I'm posting all of this here so that you can educate yourself and others. There are a lot of great books, but this is the best one: The Davidian Massacre by Carol Moore The Great Jim...
Podcast: My Santa Adventure and Peace on Earth
by Jim Bovard | Dec 20, 2018 | Blog
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, and Happy Festivus to everyone! I appreciated all the feedback I received from my online critics on what would be the perfect beer for me to toast the holidays. When I worked as a Santa Claus in Boston in 1977, I met a lot of zany...
No Halo for George H.W. Bush
by Jim Bovard | Dec 11, 2018 | Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1JSV3N8vY Via the FFF and JimBovard.com.
Bovard on Bush Sr.: Not Impressed
by Scott Horton | Dec 7, 2018 | Blog
His 2 ¢ on George H.W. Bush’s Funeral and Career
Jim Bovard on the ‘Truth Will Out’ Political Fairy Tale
by Scott Horton | Nov 27, 2018 | Blog
Jim Bovard continues killing it for the Future of Freedom Foundation. https://youtu.be/-RZiibviqBQ And check out his great new article about Assange and Wikileaks.
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My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
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