| 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...
| Jul 23, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyIt’s back. The PATRIOT Act — a grotesque, ever-mutating, hydra-headed monstrosity from the Bush-Cheney Little Shop of Horrors — has risen again. This time, it’s got an added twist of Orwellian intrusiveness from the Obamacans. Since 2006, Team Bush, and...
| Jul 10, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyVirtually every president gets on a roll at some time during his administration, generally early on. And while he’s on that roll, every day is a wedding. He gets bills passed, international relations go his way, and people love him. It seems he can’t make...
| Jul 3, 2013 | Peace / SecurityOn the web, Or on the phone, One thing’s sure: You’re not alone. In my own malcontent civic organization, Veterans For Peace, we’ve always known we were being watched. We are, after all, against war. And we’re impolite enough about it to hold...
