The Police State Mindset in Our Public Schools
Once upon a time in America, parents breathed a sigh of relief when their kids went back to school after…
Category: Commentary
The American Surveillance State is Here. Can It Be Evaded?
“If, as it seems, we are in the process of becoming a totalitarian society in which the state apparatus is…
Kafka’s America: Secret Courts, Secret Laws, and Total Surveillance
“Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live. Where was the judge…
Grasping for Dignity in the Era of the American Police State
“The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has…
The Myth of a Post-Racial America
“How can you thank a man for giving you what’s already yours? How then can you thank him for giving…
Orwell Revisited: Privacy in the Age of Surveillance
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and,…
America’s New Normal: Mass Surveillance, Secret Courts and Death to Whistleblowers
There is a deep and abiding sense of unease permeating American society. From the IRS targeting politically conservative groups to…
Maryland v. King and the Total Loss of Our Bodily Integrity
As I document in my new book, A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, our freedoms—especially the Fourth…
The Age of Authoritarianism: Government of the Politicians, by the Military, for the Corporations
President Obama’s declaration that “America is at a crossroads” in the fight against terror, a fight that is increasingly turning…
Operation Vigilant Eagle: Is This Really How We Honor Our Nation’s Veterans?
Just in time for Memorial Day, we’re being treated to a generous serving of praise and grandstanding by politicians, corporations…