At the start of the Biden era, America is being torn apart by more allegations of treason than at any time since the Civil War. Historian Henry Adams observed a century ago that politics “has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.” And few things spur...
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Will the Pandemic Promote Political Power in Perpetuity?
by James Bovard | May 27, 2021 | Featured Articles
“It’s like we created another industry in our state. The amount of money is staggering,” Andrew Schaufele, director of Maryland’s Bureau of Revenue Estimates, happily declared last week. The Biden stimulus plan is deluging governments across America with hundreds of...
The Bogus January 6 Commission Poses a Real Threat to Freedom
by James Bovard | May 26, 2021 | Featured Articles
“Truth will out” is the most popular fairy tale in Washington. Members of Congress are clashing over whether politicians will appoint an “independent” commission to reveal the facts behind the January 6 Capitol ruckus. Proponents are portraying the issue as a simple...
‘Governing as Looting’ in Washington and Beyond
by James Bovard | May 19, 2021 | Featured Articles
At what point does a democracy become a kleptocracy? That type of degeneration routinely happens in Third World regimes but the same blight can occur in the United States. Few things epitomize “governing as looting” like the automated traffic ticket cameras that...
The Media Wants You to Trust Washington Again Now That Trump Is Gone
by James Bovard | May 15, 2021 | Featured Articles
Former CNN White House correspondent Michelle Kosinski declared on Twitter last week that American journalists would “never expect … Your own govt to lie to you, repeatedly” and “Your own govt to hide information the public has a right to know.” Kosinski denounced...
Congress Is Still Unfit to Govern
by James Bovard | May 6, 2021 | Congress Alert
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap,” Napoleon is reputed to have said more than two centuries ago. Boundless ignorance is also not a handicap, as Congress demonstrated last December by approving a 5593-page bill without reading it. Plenty of activists and...
A Grim Reaper Speaks
by James Bovard | Apr 29, 2021 | Featured Articles
President Biden’s first speech to Congress last night hit all the pandemic hot buttons. Even though most members of Congress are vaccinated, all of the 200 attendees in the Capitol were required to wear masks and “socially distance.” The Hill reports that the “...
Lockdowns Wrecked Democracy around the World
by James Bovard | Mar 12, 2021 | Featured Articles
While the number of fatalities attributed to Covid-19 is carefully tracked by governments, few people have recognized how pandemic-spurred crackdowns have devastated democracy around the world. Emergency proclamations have entitled presidents and other government...
Is the US Going the Way of Afghanistan?
by James Bovard | Feb 28, 2021 | Featured Articles
Acrimony and recriminations continue to swirl around the 2020 presidential election. Three out of four Republicans believe that there was “widespread fraud” in the election, while Democrats have sought to turn criticisms of the election into a “Big Lie” heresy against...
Cuomo and the Failure of Covid Absolutism
by James Bovard | Feb 25, 2021 | Featured Articles
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is falling from grace at epic speed. His administration is now the target of a Justice Department probe for policies that resulted in the death of one out of eight nursing home residents in the state. Regardless of whether the New York...
The Biggest Lies of the Impeachment Saga
by James Bovard | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured Articles
The Senate impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump confirms historian Henry Adams's adage a century ago that politics “has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.” The impeachment process was a farce that should fortify Americans’ disdain for...
Troop Deployments in Washington Are a Disaster Waiting to Happen
by James Bovard | Feb 10, 2021 | Featured Articles
“Tyranny in form is the first step towards tyranny in substance,” warned Senator John Taylor two hundred years ago in his forgotten classic, Tyranny Unmasked. As the massive National Guard troop deployment in Washington enters its second month, much of the media and...
The TSA’s New Mask Mandate
by James Bovard | Feb 9, 2021 | Featured Articles
The Transportation Security Administration announced last week that it will be fining travelers up to $1,500 for failing to wear a proper facemask. The TSA could also heavily fine people for wearing a facemask improperly and maybe also for some other offenses the...
Masking America’s Greatest Natural Monuments
by James Bovard | Feb 6, 2021 | Featured Articles
The Biden administration just issued an edict that will spur endless pointless conflicts for Americans seeking to peacefully enjoy hundreds of national parks. On Groundhog Day, the National Park Service (NPS) mandated wearing face masks on all National Park Service...
In a Paranoid Nation, ‘Treason’ Is Everywhere
by James Bovard | Jan 26, 2021 | Featured Articles
FBI agents across the nation are tracking down and arresting Trump supporters who walked into the US Capitol during the January 6 protest that turned into a brawl. Scores of protestors have already been charged with unlawful entry—“knowingly entering or remaining in a...
Congressional Hysteria & Hypocrisy Could Doom Liberty
by James Bovard | Jan 15, 2021 | Featured Articles
The political hysteria unleashed by last week’s clash at the Capitol between police and Trump protestors poses a growing danger to Americans’ constitutional rights. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer ludicrously compared the ruckus to Pearl Harbor – a “day of...
The Charge of Treason and the Danger to Democracy
by James Bovard | Jan 7, 2021 | Featured Articles
Historian Henry Adams observed a century ago that politics “has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.” Nowadays, politics seems hellbent on multiplying hatred. And few things spur hatred more effectively than tarring all political opponents as traitors....
The Year in which Comforting American Myths Were Ravaged
by James Bovard | Dec 30, 2020 | Featured Articles
Thanks in large part to Covid lockdowns, this year has left vast wreckage in its wake, with ten million jobs lost, more than 100,000 businesses and dozens of national chains bankrupted or closed. Up to 40 million people could face eviction in the coming months for...
11th-hour COVID-19 relief deal proves again that Congress is unfit to govern
by James Bovard | Dec 24, 2020 | Featured Articles
“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap,” Napoleon reputedly said more than two centuries ago. Boundless ignorance is also not a handicap, as Congress demonstrated Monday night by approving a 5,593-page bill with no time to read it. The usual suspects are indignant...
Covid Regulations in Loco Moco
by James Bovard | Dec 5, 2020 | Featured Articles
In August, I reported here on how Montgomery County, Maryland, was seeking to shut down private schools as part of their Covid-19 strategy of abolishing all risk by abolishing all freedom. As more individuals have recently tested positive for Covid, the county...
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