Journalist and regular contributor to the Libertarian Institute James Bovard will appear on C-SPAN's Washington Journal this morning to talk about COVID-19 testing. You can watch his appearance, starting at 9:30pm EST, at this link.
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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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
Jim Bovard: My Biggest East Bloc Bust
by Scott Horton | Nov 21, 2018 | Blog
Check out Jim's series, "Freedom Frauds," for the Future of Freedom Foundation. https://youtu.be/tzmiJgtvObc
Jim Bovard: Hitchhiking to an Antiwar Awakening
by Scott Horton | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXVt1OzBTEo&ytbChannel=null
Jim Bovard: Obama Was Bad
by Scott Horton | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog
Check it out, Jim Bovard is doing videos for the Future of Freedom Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhVh12pHAps
Jim Bovard: Why Washington Never Learns
by Scott Horton | Mar 25, 2018 | Blog
The great Jim Bovard gives a speech to the Mises Institute about America's insane regulatory state including agriculture policy, steel tariffs and the FDA. https://youtu.be/GQeK52P11iQ
W. Bush Poll Numbers Way Up
by Scott Horton | Feb 15, 2018 | Blog
Jim Bovard reminds us of some reasons to hate him.
Government as Slave Owner
by Jim Bovard | Jul 4, 2017 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
Originally published February 1, 2000 The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that “all men . . . are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.” This assertion captured the idealism and the principles of this nation’s Founding Fathers....
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Military Conscription is Slavery: Woodrow Wilson Edition
By the guidelines set down by the Selective Service Act, all males aged 21 to 30 were required to register to potentially be selected for military service. At the request of the War Department, Congress amended the law in August 1918 to expand the age range to include...
The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
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...
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