‘Minority Report’ Is 40 Years Ahead of Schedule: The Fictional World Has Become Reality
“The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future,…
Category: John Whitehead Commentaries
The Crisis of the Now: Distracted and Diverted from the Ever-Encroaching Police State
“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious…
Public School Students Are the New Inmates in the American Police State
“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools…
‘Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death’: The Loss of Our Freedoms in the Wake of 9/11
“Since mankind’s dawn, a handful of oppressors have accepted the responsibility over our lives that we should have accepted for…
Sheep Led to the Slaughter: The Muzzling of Free Speech in America
“If the freedom of speech be taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the…
The Raping of America: Mile Markers on the Road to Fascism
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”—Martin Luther King Jr. There’s an…
We Are the Government: Tactics for Taking Down the Police State
“The people have the power, all we have to do is awaken that power in the people. The people are…
Don’t Be Fooled by the Political Game: The Illusion of Freedom in America
“The shaping of the will of Congress and the choosing of the American president has become a privilege reserved to…
Drivers, Beware: The Costly, Deadly Dangers of Traffic Stops in the American Police State
“The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has…
Freedom or the Slaughterhouse? The American Police State from A to Z
“Who needs direct repression when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?”—Philosopher Slavoj Žižek Despite the…