The Magician’s Con: Renewing FISA and the NDAA Under Cover of the Fiscal Cliff Debates
What characterizes American government today is not so much dysfunctional politics as it is ruthlessly contrived governance carried out behind…
Category: Talk
The Beatles in Hamburg: An Interview with Ian Inglis
The most successful and influential pop group of all time, the Beatles landed in America in February 1964. By the…
Government Violence: The Missing Link in the Gun Control Debate
It didn’t take long for the tragedy of the Newtown, Connecticut shootings, which left 20 schoolchildren and six adults dead,…
EyeSee You and the Internet of Things: Watching You While You Shop
Thanks to the wonders of technology, the indifference of the general public to the growing surveillance state, the inability of…
Reimagining Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) was the highly criticised, and often ignored, Science Fiction film that initiated a new…
Happy Xmas: Ten Great Christmas Albums
After endless months of being mired in gloom and doom, we now find ourselves just a few weeks away from…
The Fight Against the Total Surveillance State in Our Schools
The battle playing out in San Antonio, Texas, over one student’s refusal to comply with a public school campaign to…
Can You Trust the President, Congress or the Courts to Protect Your Privacy Rights?
Nothing you write, say, text, tweet or share via phone or computer is private anymore. This is the reality of…
It’s Time to Overhaul the Transportation Security Administration
“The TSA has grown into a top-heavy, unmanageable agency, evidenced by its 400% increase in workforce since its founding. The…
Obama’s First-Term Track Record on Civil Liberties
Four years after Barack Obama was elected on a platform of “change you can believe in,” he’s now promising America…