Federal Testing Debacle Multiplied COVID Carnage
On a bitter cold January afternoon, lines of people awaiting free COVID tests stretched around the block at a Rockville,...
James Bovard
D.C.’s “Best Information Available” Charade
On a sweltering June morning in 1993, I loitered in a long line of people stretched down a football-field length...
Covid and Corrupt Federal Statistics
Federal agencies don’t count what politicians don’t want to know. President Biden and other Democrats continuously invoke “science and data”...
Will Biden’s Covid Mandates Be an Economic Multiplier?
White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain tweeted on Wednesday: “Stronger COVID measures produce STRONGER ECONOMIC outcomes. That’s why jobs,...
Stop Protecting Presidents from History
Former president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block release of speech drafts, call logs, and handwritten notes regarding...
Fair Trade Is Still a Fraud
The Biden administration is embracing the same flawed “fair trade” mantra that previous administrations used to sanctify protectionist policies. Biden’s...
The Secret Tariff Code Heist
“Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy,” as Attorney General Ramsey Clark warned in 1967. As a journalist, I have battled...
Biden’s Wrecking Ball for Financial Privacy
The Biden administration is seeking to compel banks to report to the IRS any bank account with more than $600...
Absolute Power Is No Covid Safety Net
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdown champions have perennially invoked “science and data” to sanctify any mandate politicians...
Nixon’s Gold Treachery Made Me a Cynic
Fifty years ago, on August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon announced that the U.S. government would cease honoring its pledge...
Pseudo-Omniscience Versus Freedom
Shut up and submit” is now the favorite Covid cure of some of America’s leading progressives. Paul Krugman, a Nobel...
Will More Media Bias Save Democracy?
The Washington Post’s media columnist is summoning saviors because “our democracy is under attack.” Margaret Sullivan wants Washington journalists to...
