| Dec 17, 2013 | Peace / SecurityIt’s a scary world out there, with global terrorists plotting to kill us. That’s why we must be grateful to the National Security Agency and our Department of Homeland Security. They’re constantly on watch, poised to spring to our defense, no matter...
| Dec 11, 2013 | Peace / SecurityIn the standard spy thriller, our hero gets captured by agents of a repressive government. They take him into a dark interrogation room, where the sadistic spymaster hisses: “We have ways of making you talk.” In real life, the director of our National...
| Oct 16, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyIt’s been four months since Edward Snowden exposed the NSA’s spying regime. Since then, we’ve discovered that the agency tracks our phone calls, our emails, our browsing history, and our contacts. It also tracks our contacts’ contacts…and their...
| Aug 28, 2013 | Peace / SecurityTell us stuff We need to know, And soon it’s off To jail you’ll go. Don’t get fooled by terms like “classified secrets” or “aiding the enemy.” They just cover up the darker sides of our national security state. Pointing out...
| Aug 21, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyEven before Edward Snowden disclosed that the National Security Agency (NSA) was harvesting seemingly every detail of our digital lives, our nation has been wrestling with a Faustian bargain: How do we maintain fundamental American rights of liberty and privacy while...
