Assault on Medical Privacy Hidden in Spending Bill

Hidden in the Fiscal Year 2017 funding bill is money to create a "patient tracking system." This is code for a storing all your records online where the can be accused by a medical professional, medical researchers, government officials, anyone [...]

Budget Bill leaves no boondoggle behind

Writing in USA Today, James Bovard looks at some of the boondoggles hidden in the budget bill: The bill fails to block President Obama from delivering up to $3 billion to the United Nations Green Climate Fund, a partial product of the [...]

Fusion Centers: A Billion Dollars of Paranoia

Before voting on H.R. 2169, which improves information sharing among the Department of Homeland Security and "fusion centers," Representatives should read James Bovard's "A Billion Dollars of Paranoia," which explains the dangers of the "fusion [...]

Ron Paul Classic: Just say NO to FDA regulation of tobacco

James Bovard, writing the in the USA Today, examines  how the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s proposed new tobacco regulations will impact cigars. The new rules require "pre-market approval" of new cigar products--meaning a cigar [...]