How Reality TV Is Teaching Us to Accept the American Police State
“Plays, farces, spectacles, gladiators, strange beasts, medals, pictures, and other such opiates, these were for ancient peoples the bait toward…
Category: Commentary
Handcuffs, Leg Shackles and Tasers: The New Face of Punishment in the Public Schools
“In many parts of the country, teachers are viewed as beyond reproach, much like doctors, police officers, or clergy ……
The Dire State of Our Nation
“As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains…
A Leading Man, John Cho, and Selfie
GQ Qi (Jack Yang) is a talented and handsome actor who can’t seem to get a break. That is until…
From Neighborhood Cops to Robocops: The Changing Face of American Police
“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.” ― Aldous Huxley, Ends and Means If…
A Little Rant About News Broadcasting
Here in Israel we do not get to see American commercials on cable TV. On the American news networks, what…
‘You’re Either a Cop or Little People’: The American Police State in 2014
“You’re either a cop or little people.”—Police captain Harry Bryant in Blade Runner For those of us who have managed…
The Game Is Rigged: Why Americans Keep Losing to the Police State
“The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its…
America’s Children: The Trials of Growing Up in a Police State
“It’s been three weeks since the flashbang exploded next to my sleeping baby, and he’s still covered in burns. There’s…
We Are the Enemy: Is This the Lesson of Ferguson?
If you dress police officers up as soldiers and you put them in military vehicles and you give them military…