No Matter Who Wins the White House, the New Boss Will Be the Same as the Old Boss
“What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at…
Category: Commentary
The Giver Revisited
A few months ago, I wrote a movie review on The Giver. While I was writing that review, I struggled…
The Year of The Robot in Cinema: 2015 Takes Us Back to Technophobia
For years we’ve seen films with plots concerning alien invasions or robots out for revenge on the people of Earth.…
Jesus Died in a Police State
“If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks…
The Fung Brothers and Post-Racialism
The Fung Brothers Comedy make a lot of Youtube videos with an Asian-related topic told from a strictly Asian point-of-view.…
The Only Truly Compliant, Submissive Citizen in a Police State Is a Dead One
“Do exactly what I say, and we’ll get along fine. Do not question me or talk back in any way.…
The Wolf Is Guarding the Hen House: The Government’s War on Cyberterrorism
“The game is rigged, the network is bugged, the government talks double-speak, the courts are complicit and there’s nothing you…
How DNA Is Turning Us Into a Nation of Suspects
“The year is 2025. The population is 325 million, and the FBI has the DNA profiles of all of them.…
Creepy, Calculating and Controlling: All the Ways Big Brother Is Watching You
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and,…
Why I’m Not Breaking Up with America This Valentine’s Day
“I love America and I hate it. I’m torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One…