Synopses & Reviews
James Bovard is no fan of Big Government in the US and under the Clinton-Gore administration. In his new book, Bovard looks at Clinton and Gore's record on such abuses and absurdities as taxes, gun control, the Waco fiasco, AmeriCorps, and federal funding of every program from those dealing with disaster relief to those that put on puppet shows in Northern California. He looks at Hillary Clinton's informal role in the government, as well as Newt Gingrich's poor stewardship of the Republican party in its quest for a leaner federal government. In the style that made
Lost Rights a classic, Bovard takes us on a sentimental journey through the last eight years. It's a trip no one will want to miss.
Review
" 'Feeling Your Pain' may well survive as the best political obituary
of the Clinton era..." (Vin Suprynowicz, nationally syndicated columnist)
Review
"Feeling Your Pain is filled with horror stories, but they are spun
so engagingly that readers may feel pleasure even as they grit their teeth in rage." (Wall Street Journal)
Review
"On domestic policy, no better book has been written on the Clinton presidency than James Bovard's
Feeling Your Pain. This book details damaging and counterproductive expansions of government power."--Tom Woods, author of
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History (Regnery)
"An eloquent and blistering indictment. Feeling Your Pain ' is filled with horror stories. They are spun so engagingly that readers may feel pleasure even as they grit their teeth in rage."--The Wall Street Journal
About the Author
James Bovard is a frequent contributor to the
Wall Street Journal,
Playboy and the
American Spectator. He has also written for
The New York Times,
Reader's Digest,
New Republic,
Washington Post and
Newsweek. He is one of Washington's most controversial journalists. Since 1993, his writing has been denounced by a flock of government flunkies.
Table of Contents
AmeriCorps: Salvation via Handholding * Plundering and Blundering: The IRS * FEMA: Clinton's Greatest Snow Job? * Guarding Government's Right to Grab * HUD: The Eternal Boondoggle * Freedom to Farm Washington * Searching Everywhere * Affirmative Action and the New Massive Resistance * Blockading Harbors for Free Trade * Disabilities Dementia * The Green Iron Fist * The Continuing Failure of the Drug War * Clinton's War on Guns * Waco: The Ruby Ridge Coverup * Janet and Louie: The Whitewash Tag Team * Kosovo: Moralizing with Cluster Bombs * Clinton's Legacy versus American Liberty