Putting Big Brother in the Driver’s Seat: V2V Transmitters, Black Boxes & Drones
We’re on the losing end of a technological revolution that has already taken hostage our computers, our phones, our finances,…
Author: John W. Whitehead
50 Years After the Beatles: Isn’t It Time for Another Political & Cultural Revolution?
It’s been 50 years since the Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr—first landed in America on Feb.…
The State of Our Nation: The Greatest Threat to Our Freedoms Is the Government
What was striking about this year’s State of the Union address was not the sheer arrogance of the president’s remarks,…
Obama’s Lies, NSA Spies, and the Sons of Liberty
President Obama has managed, with singular assistance from Congress and the courts, to mangle the Constitution through repeated abuses, attacks…
Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Rich: It’s Time for ‘Militant Nonviolent Resistance’
We now live in a two-tiered system of governance. There are two sets of laws: one set for the government…
Life in the Electronic Concentration Camp
What is most striking about the American police state is not the mega-corporations running amok in the halls of Congress,…
Life in the Emerging American Police State: What’s in Store for Our Freedoms in 2014?
In Harold Ramis’ classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, TV weatherman Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) is forced to live…
A Christmas To-Do List for a Better World
In an age of bureaucracy, overcriminalization and militarized police, it often seems as if no good deed goes unpunished. Indeed,…
The End of Private Property in the Era of the American Police State
If the government can tell you what you can and cannot do within the privacy of your home, whether it…
Amazon, Domino’s and Big Brother: Drones Flying the Not-So-Friendly Surveillance Skies
Imagine a robot hovering overhead as you go about your day, driving to and from work, heading to the grocery…