Police Dogs Have Abolished Constitutional Due Process by James Bovard The Fifth Amendment declares, “No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Except by dogs. The Supreme Court declared in 1967, “Wherever a man may be, he is entitled to know that he will remain free from […]
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Reason Magazine, January 2024 Janet Reno Is No Hero A new biography by Judith Hicks Stiehm ignores Janet Reno’s many failures as attorney general. James Bovard | From the January 2024 issue Janet Reno: A Life, by Judith Hicks Stiehm, University Press of Florida, 224 pages, $35\ In April 24, 2000, a day after Easter […]
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30 Years Later, Waco is Still Damning by Jim Bovard | Apr 18, 2023 Thirty years ago, FBI tanks smashed into the ramshackle home of the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas. After the FBI collapsed much of the building atop the residents, a fire erupted and 76 corpses were dug out of the rubble. Unfortunately, […]
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The Deadly Precedent of the Waco Whitewash by James Bovard March 19, 2021 The easiest way to achieve sainthood in Washington is to cover up a federal atrocity. Thus, it is no surprise that former senator John Danforth continues to be treated by the Washington Post as a visionary statesman. The Post showcased Danforth’s attack on […]
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American Conservative, October 23, 2020 Waco Whitewash King Vindicates Presidential Debate Commission by James Bovard John Danforth, a key player in the cover-up of misconduct at Waco, has some rich ideas about faith in government and the 2020 election. “Trump’s attack on the debate commission is an attack on the election itself,” blares the headline […]
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Google notified that my article from 20 years ago was recently reposted so I will run it up the flagpole here as well. That piece was partially spun off from my 1999 book, Freedom in Chains (St. Martin’s Press. Here is a paragraph from that book that did not make it into the article below:
Craig Roberts (yes, there are two of us) is a former US Marine and a 27-year veteran of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, police force. He is a capable and committed person. Since 1989 he has written 13 books. His latest, just published, Medusa File II, consists essentially of his volumnious files of the investigation of the bombing of the Alfred P.
Welcome to Probable Cause with Sibel Edmonds. A new accuser has come forward alleging sexual assault in a lawsuit filed against Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert. The accuser claims that Hastert sodomized him in the 70s when he was 9 years old. This lawsuit comes several years after a hush money case revealed allegations of sexual abuse against Hastert from his days working as a high school wrestling coach in Illinois.
Outspoken, outrageous and absolutely indifferent to others’ opinions, Janet Reno was truly one of a kind.
— Paul Anderson
