James Bovard
The Civil Service War: Can Trump Succeed Where Other Presidents Failed?
Entrenched bureaucracies are beloved by the media and much of Congress. Will Trump triumph where prior presidents blundered and backtracked?
Can Patel Leash the FBI?
Congress and federal courts have enabled the agency's power-hungry and corrupt dealings.
Industrial Policy Returns, Prior Pratfalls Notwithstanding
"Letting politicians pick winners is the surest recipe for shafting consumers and every unsubsidized business. Unfortunately, there will always be enough pundits who failed Econ 101 to whoop up every…
Lessons From Biden’s Disinformation Board Debacle
"The trillions of pages of new secrets that the U.S. government creates each year is a disinformation entitlement program. In a city that already had hundreds of full-time political appointees…
Federal Testing Debacle Multiplied COVID Carnage
"Federal health agencies have had more blunders than practically anyone expected during this pandemic. The least that Uncle Sam can do is get out of the way of private efforts…
Corrupt Federal Statistics Mask Government Cons
"Politicians often rig reporting requirements to hide the damage their laws inflict. Anyone who has blind faith in federal data is unfit to judge public policy in the real world."…
Liberals’ Love Affair with Leviathan
"The fact that top CIA and FBI officials made false allegations against the Trump presidential campaign was irrelevant as long as the resulting investigations undercut the most hated president since…
D.C.’s “Best Information Available” Charade
"Americans need their own 'best information available' axiom to automatically reject assertions from media outlets that shamelessly kowtow to politicians and government agencies." ~ James Bovard
Covid and Corrupt Federal Statistics
"Bureaucracies conspire against admitting their failures, and politicians often rig reporting requirements to hide the damage their laws inflict. Anyone who has blind faith in federal data is unfit to…
Raiding the World Bank: Exposing a Fondness for Dictators
"After exiting bank headquarters, I paused on K Street, skimmed the first pages, and knew I had struck gold. Back in my home office, I called the gutsiest editor I knew—Tim…
