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Free Crack Pipes? Time to Pardon Tommy Chong

Libertarian Institute, February 14, 2022 Free Crack Pipes? Time to Pardon Tommy Chong by Jim Bovard | Feb 14, 2022 Conservative publications have accused the Biden administration of planning to distribute $30 million worth of free crack pipes and other paraphernalia as part of its effort to achieve “racial equity” among “underserved communities.” The original […]

My C-SPAN Interview and Transcript on Covid Pandemic Security Theater

Here’s the video of my interview this morning on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal on the failure of Covid Pandemic Security Theater. Destroying freedom dismally failed to keep Americans safe. Politicians and bureaucrats need to be held responsible for the wreckage the federal, state, and local govts. inflicted over the past 2 years. Here’s the link – […]

New York Post: Distrust “Information” from the Biden Administration

New York Post, February 9, 2022 Why everyone should ‘doubt the information’ from Joe Biden’s government By James Bovard At a State Department briefing last week, Team Biden spokesman Ned Price chided an Associated Press reporter who wanted some evidence for his claims on Russia: “I’m sorry that you’re doubting the information that is in […]

USA Today: Covid Hypocrisy Shows Crackdowns Must End

USA Today, February 6, 2022 From Canadian truckers to European protests, the world is fed up with COVID crackdowns After two years of prohibitions designed to placate fears rather than protect public health, can we compel our rulers to end COVID-19 restrictions? by James Bovard Opinion columnist If hypocrisy were a panacea, the COVID-19 virus […]

Is Freedom Public Enemy Number One?

The Media War on Canadian Truckers: Is Freedom Public Enemy Number One? by James Bovard The denigration of the Canadian trucker protest convoy exemplifies how freedom is now the biggest villain of the Covid-19 pandemic. A Washington Post cartoonist portrayed the trucker convoy as “fascism” incarnate while another Post column derided the “toxic ‘Freedom Convoy.’” […]
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On C-SPAN Washington Journal Monday 9:30 a.m. January 31

UPDATE: Interview didn’t occur due to a Zoom snafu.  Resched for next week, details to follow.   I will be on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal tomorrow morning at 9:30 EST to discuss the Covid testing debacle, spurred by the USA Today piece on Friday. Program will be 30 minutes with callers-in. Here’s a link to the […]
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USA Today: How The Feds Turned Covid Testing Into a Fiasco

USA TODAY,  January 27, 2022 Who screwed up COVID-19 testing? Blame Trump, Biden and our health care bureaucracy. Under Donald Trump, the CDC sent out poorly designed, contaminated tests that recorded false readings. Under Joe Biden, testing is still in shambles. James Bovard Opinion columnist On a bitter cold afternoon last Friday, lines of people […]

New York Post: Will Inflation Bankrupt Joe Biden?

New York Post, January 24, 2022 Inflation only goes up and will bankrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats By James Bovard In his victory lap at his marathon press conference last week, President Joe Biden boasted that “I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen” and “I have gotten the critical crises out of […]
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New York Post: “Pro-Democracy” Media is Threat to Liberty

New York Post, January 14, 2022 ‘Pro-democracy’ and polarizing media are the real threat to liberty By James Bovard American democracy is in grave peril because journalists are insufficiently hysterical and biased. That is the conclusion of a trio of Washington Post columnists and a panoply of other media experts. But journalists’ rush to the […]