James Bovard
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Author of Last Rights: The Death of American Liberty & 10 other books. Articles at @nypost @latimes @wsj @nyt @Usatoday Bd of Contributors https://t.co/xKUTzyxQq1
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5 days ago |
mises.org | James Bovard
President Trump hosted Elon Musk for a farewell press conference on Friday. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team savvily exposed federal follies and spurred over $100 billion in canceled federal contracts and cutbacks. It remains to be seen whether Congress will codify the DOGE spending cuts. Even if that happens, the “savings” will practically vanish in the tsunami of new deficit spending championed by Trump—up to $4 trillion in the next decade.
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libertarianinstitute.org | Jim Bovard |James Bovard
Biden administration policymakers hated you more than you knew. Four years ago, I warned at the Libertarian Institute:“Libertarians are in the federal crosshairs…Many libertarians assume they have nothing to fear because they are not engaged in seeking to violently overthrow the government.
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1 week ago |
lewrockwell.com | James Bovard
How would people react if, on the third time their broken-down car was towed to the same repair shop for the same problem, the swaggering mechanic told them: “Sure — the engine doesn’t work today but — follow me on this — next year, you will drive from coast to coast, and get 90 miles to the gallon!”Yet if a politician promises to fix the world, people applaud and follow him regardless of previous crashes. Woodrow Wilson revolutionized the political exploitation of idealism.
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counterpunch.org | James Bovard
Americans are raised to revere idealism, the civic religion of contemporary democracy. If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, idealism may be the first. Permitting presidents to anoint themselves as Idealists-in-Chief has enabled them to drag America into wars and unleash themselves from the Constitution. Woodrow Wilson revolutionized the political exploitation of idealism.
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jimbovard.com | James Bovard
By on The Deadly Perils of Predatory Idealismby James BovardHow would people react if, on the third time their broken-down car was towed to the same repair shop for the same problem, the swaggering mechanic told them: “Sure — the engine doesn’t work today but — follow me on this — next year, you will drive from coast to coast, and get 90 miles to the gallon!”Yet if a politician promises to fix the world, people applaud and follow him regardless of previous crashes.
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Update: Trump administration today banned Harvard from admitting any foreign students. Another Trump loose cannon on the legal shipdeck? https://t.co/TNLrOS43kR
Trump’s demands to Harvard could set precedents for obliterating academic freedom far and wide. Trump wants to ban Harvard from enrolling any foreign students who Trump appointees label “hostile to the American values.” https://t.co/BHrwKEb0p2
Trump’s demands to Harvard could set precedents for obliterating academic freedom far and wide. Trump wants to ban Harvard from enrolling any foreign students who Trump appointees label “hostile to the American values.” https://t.co/BHrwKEb0p2
RT @JimBovard: 2023: The FBI has illegally spied on hundreds of thousands of Americans. The latest FISA court report reveals that 278,000 A…
