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...
James Bovard
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...
The “Honest History” Fraud
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten recently proclaimed that her union members have a right to teach “honest history”...
No Victory Lap For Governors Who Locked Down America
There are no fact-checkers for victory laps. Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo summarized his experience with the Covid-19...
Can Mass Subjugation Save American Democracy?
“Beatings will continue until morale improves” has morphed from an old joke to the latest prescription for national salvation. “Compulsory...
Federal Farm Policy Is Corrupt Regardless of the Latest Uproar
Federal agricultural policy has been permeated by political racketeering since President Franklin Roosevelt appointed America’s first farm dictator in 1933....
Defining Down Freedom
Will the Great Pandemic permanently unleash governments around the world? Covid-19 is enabling politicians to turn freedom from an individual...
Will Biden’s Sham Corruption Crackdown Endanger Freedom?
Denouncing corruption is the easiest way for rascally politicians to appear honest. Upholding a venerable Washington Kabuki tradition, President Joe...
Will the Pandemic Promote Political Power in Perpetuity?
“It’s like we created another industry in our state. The amount of money is staggering,” Andrew Schaufele, director of Maryland’s...
