# c-span (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover c-span. Page: Feed: --- ## [WSJ: How the Census Bureau Sent Japanese-Americans to Concentration Camps (1989)](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/08/09/wsj-how-the-census-bureau-sent-japanese-americans-to-concentration-camps-1989/) _2026-08-10 · Jim · James Bovard_ On this day in 1989, the Wall Street Journal published my essay, Honesty May Not be Your Best Census Policy. I had worked as a census taker in Illinois in 1980. But I did penance. When the 1990 census came around, I was laying for them, as Mark Twain would say. I exposed how the \[ \] The post WSJ: How the Census Bureau Sent Japanese-Americans to Concentration Camps (1989) appeared first on James… ## [Terrorism & Tyranny: 2003 C-SPAN Booknotes Interview (complete)](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/08/05/terrorism-tyranny-2003-c-span-booknotes-interview-complete/) _2026-08-05 · Jim · James Bovard_ My 2003 C-SPAN Booknotes interview on my book, Terrorism Tyranny Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil (St. Martin s Press). Host Brian Lamb asked great questions and we managed to have a few laughs on the grim topic. Some excerpts: Flattery ruins more politicians than sex. It is an old \[ \] The post Terrorism Tyranny: 2003 C-SPAN Booknotes Interview (complete) appeared… ## [My 2003 C-SPAN Booknotes Hat Tip to the Future of Freedom Foundation & the War on Terror](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/08/04/my-2003-c-span-booknotes-hat-tip-to-the-future-of-freedom-foundation-the-war-on-terror/) _2026-08-04 · Jim · James Bovard_ From my 2003 Booknotes C-SPAN interview on Terrorism Tyranny The Future of Freedom Foundation was perhaps the only think tank not embarrassed by any link to me my criticisms of the war on terror The post My 2003 C-SPAN Booknotes Hat Tip to the Future of Freedom Foundation the War on Terror appeared first on James Bovard . ## [2005: When President Bush Seized Absolute Power (Video via C-SPAN)](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/08/03/2005-when-president-bush-seized-absolute-power-video-via-c-span/) _2026-08-03 · Jim · James Bovard_ Here s two minutes of my spiel at an April 2005 debate including Pat Buchanan on civil liberties and the war on terrorism. I was hitting the themes from my book Terrorism and Tyranny (2003) and Bush Betrayal (2004). The post 2005: When President Bush Seized Absolute Power (Video via C-SPAN) appeared first on James Bovard . ## [WSJ 1992: NAFTA Sowed the Seeds of Trump’s Trade Wars](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/31/wsj-1992-nafta-sowed-the-seeds-of-trumps-trade-wars/) _2026-07-31 · Jim · James Bovard_ OTD 34 years ago, I warned: Pandering to protectionists is poisoning the North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA s managed trade squabbles sowed the seeds for future trade wars. Trump vindicated this article. Wall Street Journal, July 31, 1992: Free trade is not complex; it does not require an army of bureaucrats to define and re-define \[ \] The post WSJ 1992: NAFTA Sowed the Seeds of Trump s… ## [CDC Frauds Enabled Biden Covid Vax Mandate – my 2021 speech](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/31/cdc-frauds-enabled-biden-covid-vax-mandate-my-2021-speech/) _2026-07-31 · Jim · James Bovard_ Never forget how the CDC deceived Biden, Congress, and the American people on the failure of C\*vid vaccine effectiveness. Fauci is catching heat but he had a heap of accomplices in hornswoggling America from my 2021 Hillsdale College Constitution Day speech one week after Biden vax mandate announced full speech at… [Listen](https://jimbovard.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/CDC-Frauds-Enabled-Biden-Covid-Vax-Mandate-Sept.-16-2021.mp4) ## [Fauci Flashback: My 2021 Speech on Covid Vaccine Mandate Follies](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/31/fauci-flashback-my-2021-speech-on-covid-vaccine-mandate-follies/) _2026-07-31 · Jim · James Bovard_ UPDATE: almost 20,000 views on Twitter/X and Facebook A week after Biden imposed a Covid vax mandate, I told a Hillsdale College Constitution Day audience: The Pfizer vaccine, the efficacy is now down to under 50%. Who would want to force someone to get an injection whose effectiveness is fading like a cheap suit? Well, \[ \] The post Fauci Flashback: My 2021 Speech on Covid Vaccine Mandate Follies… [Listen](https://jimbovard.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Hillsdale-Speech-Vaccine-Efficacy-riff-September-16-2021.mp4) ## [New York Times: Abolish the World Bank (1989)](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/30/new-york-times-abolish-the-world-bank-1989/) _2026-07-30 · Jim · James Bovard_ The New York Times, July 30, 1989, THE WORLD BANK; Fostering America s Interests Abroad . . . But It Lends to Oppressive Regimes BYLINE: By JAMES BOVARD; James Bovard is an adjunct analyst for the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., and author of The Farm Fiasco. Barber Conable, the former New York Congressman, took over \[ \] The post New York Times: Abolish the World Bank (1989)… ## [Fauci Returns: My Best Hits on the Super-Savior Scientist](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/29/fauci-returns-my-best-hits-on-the-super-savior-scientist/) _2026-07-29 · Jim · James Bovard_ Anthony Fauci testified before Rand Paul s Senate Committee today. In lieu of explaining how he used his power, he invoked his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination. This isn t the end of the story. Below are some of the pieces I wrote on him since the start of the Covid era. New York Post, \[ \] The post Fauci Returns: My Best Hits on the Super-Savior Scientist appeared first on James… ## [Trump’s Great Betrayal on Iran (video)](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/29/trumps-great-betrayal-on-iran-video/) _2026-07-29 · Jim · James Bovard_ The post Trump s Great Betrayal on Iran (video) appeared first on James Bovard . ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GMQF8kv7bbEy) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Trump’s Potemkin War on Iran (Video)](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/28/trumps-potemkin-war-on-iran-video/) _2026-07-28 · Jim · James Bovard_ The post Trump s Potemkin War on Iran (Video) appeared first on James Bovard . ## [Biden’s Potemkin Presidency and Trump’s Potemkin War](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/28/bidens-potemkin-presidency-and-trumps-potemkin-war/) _2026-07-28 · Jim · James Bovard_ From Biden’s Potemkin Presidency to Trump’s Potemkin War By James Bovard In this age of social media and A.I. illusions, an old Russian scam provides the best lens to understand America’s two most recent presidents. In eighteenth-century czarist Russia, a fake village was built by a Russian governor named Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin to deceive \[ \] The post Biden s Potemkin Presidency and Trump… ## [How would Lincoln advise AOC?](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/how-would-lincoln-advise-aoc) _2026-07-28 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ The other day, Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced that she was “about to crack open” Boss Lincoln. She indicated to a reporter that she was most interested in what she called Lincoln’s “lost years” when he was “building a political machine before he ran for the presidency.” You can see why many online commentators speculated that this unusual summer reading recommendation was a sign of… ## [Boston Globe 1978: My First Attack on the Postal Monopoly](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/27/boston-globe-1978-my-first-attack-on-the-postal-monopoly/) _2026-07-27 · Jim · James Bovard_ On this day in 1978, my first op-ed appeared in a major newspaper. The Boston Globe published my attack on the Postal Service with a kick-ass headline that made even me smile: Time to Stamp Out the Postal Monopoly. Looking at the recent scanned image, I suspect the years have been hard on that photocopy \[ \] The post Boston Globe 1978: My First Attack on the Postal Monopoly appeared first on James… ## [Afghan Lessons for American Democracy](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/24/afghan-lessons-for-american-democracy/) _2026-07-24 · Jim · James Bovard_ Afghan Lessons for American Democracy by James Bovard After Al Qaeda terrorists used Afghanistan for training bases for the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. military invaded Afghanistan and quickly routed the Taliban government. President George W. Bush boasted that U.S. troops brought freedom and democracy to Afghanistan. But rather than democracy, the United States brought Hamid \[ \] The post Afghan… ## [My 2025 Warning: “You will own nothing and be happy. Obey.”](https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/07/23/my-2025-warning-you-will-own-nothing-and-be-happy-obey/) _2026-07-23 · Jim · James Bovard_ From my 2025 Mises Institute Summit speech: James Bovard surveys attacks on property rights—from “open-fields” searches and no-knock raids to eminent domain and civil asset forfeiture—showing how each erodes privacy and freedom. The post My 2025 Warning: You will own nothing and be happy. Obey. appeared first on James Bovard . [Listen](https://jimbovard.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Own-Nothing.-Be-Happy.-Obey.mp4) ## [How should we remember at twelve score and ten?](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/how-should-remember-at-twelve-score) _2026-07-04 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ This fall, on November 19, 2026 —the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address— I will be delivering the Fortenbaugh Lecture at Gettysburg College. ## [C-SPAN Appearance on July 4](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/c-span-appearance-on-july-4) _2026-07-03 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ I will be joining C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” call-in show on Saturday, July 4, 2026 from noon to 1pm ET as part of the America 250 celebrations. ## [What was fusionism and ultraism?](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/what-was-fusionism-and-ultraism) _2026-07-01 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ In his just-published review of Boss Lincoln, noted historian Richard Carwardine emphasizes how the book depicts Lincoln’s “binary” political strategy. ## [Why is the Preamble an "electric cord"?](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/why-is-the-preamble-an-electric-cord) _2026-06-29 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ Abraham Lincoln once described Thomas Jefferson’s famous Preamble as “the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together.” We should remember Lincoln’s vivid metaphor today above all days because he was using it to show his support for immigrants. ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5D3Q1VvyLMkb) _2026-06-29 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [Why did Lincoln call the Declaration "a stumbling block"?](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/why-did-lincoln-call-the-declaration) _2026-06-26 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ For the next week at least, I want to write about Lincoln’s evolving views on the Declaration of Independence. ## [What's the deal with the Lincoln Memorial?](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-the-lincoln-memorial) _2026-06-19 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ One of the lowest points in my career came in April 2022 when I tried unsuccessfully to organize a resistance movement against proposed changes at the Lincoln Memorial. ## [What was Lincoln's advice about predicting war's end?](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/what-was-lincolns-advice-about-predicting) _2026-06-12 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ “War, at the best, is terrible,” President Lincoln said on June 16, 1864, in one of his rare speeches outside of Washington, “and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.” You might even call this effort Lincoln’s “Second Pennsylvania Address.” He had spoken at Gettysburg the year before. ## [Did Lincoln's patriotism ever waver?](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/did-lincolns-patriotism-ever-waver) _2026-06-08 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ No American has ever been more thoughtful or deliberate in his patriotism than Abraham Lincoln. ## [VIDEO: Jamelle Bouie on Boss Lincoln](https://matthewpinsker.substack.com/p/video-jamelle-bouie-on-boss-lincoln) _2026-05-28 · Matthew Pinsker · What Would Lincoln Do?_ Jamelle Bouie, a terrific columnist for the New York Times who writes frequently and deeply about American history and its insights for modern politics, has just finished reading Boss Lincoln.