James Bovard

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James Bovard is the author of ten books, including 2012’s Public Policy Hooligan, and 2006’s Attention Deficit Democracy. He has written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Washington Post, and many other publications.

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Vox Continues to Sell the "Benefits" of Socialism

Socialism

12/13/2018Power & MarketJames Bovard

Vox is whooping up the wacky notion that “sex was better under socialism.” Tell that to Romanian women forced to undergo monthly gyno exams to outlaw abortions because the government proclaimed in 1985 that “the fetus is the socialist property of the whole society… Those who refuse to have...

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On Veterans’ Day, Remember the Lies That Filled Military Cemeteries

Blog11/12/2018James Bovard

A few hours studying the lessons of history can prevent heaps of grave-digging in the coming years.

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Woodrow Wilson Made Democracy Unsafe for the World

History

11/12/2018Power & MarketJames Bovard

This week is the 100th anniversary of President Woodrow Wilson’s speech to Congress seeking a declaration of war against Germany. Many people celebrate this centenary of America’s emergence as a world power. But, when the Trump administration is bombing or rattling sabers at half a dozen nations...

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We Need a #MeToo Movement for Political Consent

Blog11/01/2018James Bovard

Regardless of the midterm congressional election results, voters are not “consenting” to unconstitutional policies and federal crimes.

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Why Presidents Want You Scared

Big GovernmentPolitics

10/31/2018Power & MarketJames Bovard

The media is railing about Trump for fearmongering ahead of the midterm elections. Like this never happened before? Like this is not the job description of modern politicians? Like Obama, George W. Bush, and Clinton did not fearmonger whenever they could profit by spooking Americans...