Author Archives: William Boardman

United States of Zimmerman

A jury verdict is not the same as moral judgment
By William Boardman
Posted on July 18, 2013 by William Boardman

The most important thing about the Zimmerman verdict is that it’s a clear demonstration of how the American legal system is only about law. It is not about justice. It is not even about the consequences of killing another person. Continue reading →

Does it matter who’s rummaging through our lives?

National Security Agency (NSA) covertly inspects anyone's private life
By William Boardman
Posted on June 25, 2013 by William Boardman

How many people do you know who, hearing that the NSA has been busy obliterating privacy, have said something to the effect of “Well, duh” or “That’s old news,” or worse:”Didn’t we make that legal?” It’s not as though the NSA were carrying out break-ins, is it? Continue reading →

The IRS ‘scandal’ scandal

How does the IRS doing its job become a made-up political outrage?
By William Boardman
Posted on June 5, 2013 by William Boardman

Almost everything you hear and read in the media about the current IRS “scandal” is based on deliberate falsification of basic facts. Some might call it lying. Continue reading →