Round the Clock Surveillance: Is This the Price of Living in a ‘Free, Safe’ Society?
Immediately following the devastating 9/11 attacks, which destroyed the illusion of invulnerability which had defined American society since the end…
Category: Commentary
Bella’s Bed
I recently found myself in one of those arguments that I’m convinced every book-reading or movie-viewing American has at one…
Pete Seeger: Changing the World One Song at a Time
Before the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, Jim Hendrix, Bob Dylan and others, there was Pete Seeger. With his five-string…
Roaches, Mosquitoes, and Birds: The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution
“[Drones are a] game-changing technology, akin to gunpowder, the steam engine, the atomic bomb—opening up possibilities that were fiction a…
The Psycho-Therapeutic School System: Pathologizing Childhood
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control, a staggering 6.4 million American children between the ages…
Millbrook v. US: Holding the Government Accountable for Misconduct by Law Enforcement Officials
At a time when the courts are increasingly giving deference to the police and prioritizing security over civil liberties, the…
Governmental Highway Robbery: Asset Forfeiture and the Pillaging of the American People
Long before Americans charted their revolutionary course in pursuit of happiness, it was “life, liberty, and property” which constituted the…
Attorney General Eric Holder: If the President Does It, It’s Legal
“I never thought I would see the day when a Justice Department would claim that only the most extreme infliction…
Gun Freaks: Are They Really Freaks?
Gun control is the topic of discussion after every rich suburban boy with an untreated mental illness gets angry and…
Executioner in Chief: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Became the Head of a Worldwide Assassination Program
When Barack Obama ascended to the presidency in 2008, there was a sense, at least among those who voted for…