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,…
Category: Commentary
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…
What We Should Not Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving
I will be the first to acknowledge that there is much to be thankful for about life in America, especially…
Kennedy Was Right: We Are the Heirs of the First Revolution
The year was 1961. I was fourteen years old, the only child of blue-collar workers living in Peoria, Illinois. Lacking…
Who’s to Blame for Battlefield America? Is It Militarized Police or the Militarized Culture?
It’s hard to pinpoint what exactly is responsible for the growing spate of police shootings, brutality and overreach that have…
Welcome to the United Police States of America, Where Police Shoot First & Ask Questions Later
No longer is it unusual to hear about incidents in which police shoot unarmed individuals first and ask questions later.…
Who Will Protect You from the Police? The Rise of Government-Sanctioned Home Invasions
It’s 3 a.m. You’ve been asleep for hours when suddenly you hear a loud “Crash! Bang! Boom!” Based on the…