Jim Bovard

1 week ago | libertarianinstitute.org | Jim Bovard |James Bovard

On Tax Day, politicians and mainstream media will hector Americans to be grateful for the opportunity to pay their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service website touts a moth-eaten quote from a dead Supreme Court Justice: “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” But recent history is the best antidote to groveling in gratitude to the federal agency that commandeers a lion’s share of your income.

3 weeks ago | libertarianinstitute.org | Jim Bovard |James Bovard

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. forced Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, to resign on Friday. Good Washingtonians were horrified, especially since Marks had played a key role in enabling federal dictates during the COVID pandemic. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) responded to Marks’ exit enthusiastically:Last year I held a hearing exposing COVID vaccine malfeasance led by Peter Marks at the FDA.

1 month ago | libertarianinstitute.org | Jim Bovard |James Bovard

One of President Donald Trump’s most popular reforms is his executive order abolishing federal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) dictates and their efforts to “socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life.” Trump’s order outraged progressives and sparked a torrent of legal challenges. Can Trump end a half century of federal tyrannizing of private employment policies? DEI’s absurdities are the end game of perpetual power grabs and and bureaucratic conniving.

1 month ago | libertarianinstitute.org | Jim Bovard |James Bovard

In his State of the Union address last week, President Donald Trump promised that Americans “will always be free.” That throwaway line assured another round of applause from his Republican devotees on Capitol Hill. But will other Americans be as gullible or servile as members of Congress? Americans are indoctrinated in government schools to presume that our national DNA practically guarantees we will always be free.

2 months ago | alethonews.com | John Leake |Jim Bovard

“Seek them out and destroy them where they live” Remembering Merck’s Australian doctor hit listBy John Leake | Courageous Discourse | February 3, 2025This evening I pondered the news of Caroline Kennedy’s hit letter against her cousin, RFK, Jr., and the fact that she was the Biden Administration’s Ambassador to Australia, and the fact that she has served as a powerful ambassador for Merck’s Gardasil vaccine.