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Whose country is this? Is the US Constitution even welcome here anymore?
There are days I wake up and I’m not sure what country I live in anymore. Continue reading
When things fall apart: A graduation message for a dark age
Those coming of age today will face some of the greatest obstacles ever encountered by young people. Continue reading
The age of petty tyrannies
We labor today under the weight of countless tyrannies, large and small, carried out in the name of the national good by an elite class of government officials who are largely insulated from the ill effects of their actions. Continue reading
Dial T for tyranny: While America feuds, the police state shifts into high gear
What characterizes American government today is not so much dysfunctional politics as it is ruthlessly contrived governance carried out behind the entertaining, distracting and disingenuous curtain of political theater. And what political theater it is, diabolically Shakespearean at times, full of sound and fury, yet in the end, signifying nothing. Continue reading
The slippery slope to a Constitution-free America
The ease with which Americans are prepared to welcome boots on the ground, regional lockdowns, routine invasions of their privacy, and the dismantling of every constitutional right intended to serve as a bulwark against government abuses is beyond unnerving. Continue reading
America hasn’t learned a thing: Racism, materialism and militarism still reign supreme
I was sitting in a crowded bar, drinking a beer, when the news broke that Martin Luther King Jr. had been shot and killed. Continue reading
A blueprint for resistance: Jesus Christ vs. the police state
Just as police states have arisen throughout history, there have also been individuals or groups of individuals who have risen up to challenge the injustices of their age. Continue reading
Enough Is enough: If you really want to save lives, take aim at government violence
Enough is enough. Continue reading
Say no to “hardening” the schools with zero tolerance policies and gun-toting cops
Just what we don’t need: more gun-toting, taser-wielding cops in government-run schools that bear an uncomfortable resemblance to prisons. Continue reading
Dictator for life: The rise of the American imperial president
I’m not a fan of Communist China. Continue reading
Armed and dangerous: If police don’t have to protect the public, what good are they?
In the American police state, police have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later. Continue reading
Merchants of death: America’s toxic cult of violence turns deadly
We are caught in a vicious cycle. Continue reading
The military industrial complex strikes again: War spending will bankrupt America
Mark my words, America’s war spending will bankrupt the nation. Continue reading
Little Barbies: Sex trafficking of young girls is America’s dirty little secret
They’re called the Little Barbies. Continue reading
The state of our union: A house divided, enslaved & mired in the mistakes of the past
History has a funny way of circling back on itself. Continue reading
Things are getting worse, not better: round ups, checkpoints and national ID cards
No one is safe. Continue reading
Silence is betrayal: get up, stand up, speak up for your rights
I’m tired of liars, scoundrels and cheats. Continue reading
Justice denied: The government is not going to save us
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled: it will not hear the case of Young v. Borders. Continue reading
A tale of two Americas: Where the rich get richer and the poor go to jail
This is the tale of two Americas, where the rich get richer and the poor go to jail. Continue reading
Apocalypse Now: 2017 was another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
Nothing has changed. Continue reading
How to recapture the true spirit of Christmas in a toxic age
I keep waiting to encounter the “kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant” Christmastime environment that Charles Dickens describes in “A Christmas Carol”: “when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.” Continue reading
Jesus was born in a police state
The Christmas narrative of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. Continue reading
The Deep State’s Christmas present to America: Surveillance that never ends
Just in time for Christmas, the Deep State wants to give America the gift that keeps on giving: never-ending mass surveillance. Continue reading
John Lennon was right: The government is run by maniacs for maniacal means
Militant nonviolent resistance works. Continue reading
What went wrong in Charlottesville: At all levels, government is still the problem
Corruption. Graft. Intolerance. Greed. Incompetence. Ineptitude. Militarism. Lawlessness. Ignorance. Brutality. Deceit. Collusion. Corpulence. Bureaucracy. Immorality. Depravity. Censorship. Cruelty. Violence. Mediocrity. Tyranny. These are the hallmarks of an institution that is rotten through and through. Continue reading
Don’t just give thanks, pay it forward one act of kindness at a time
It’s been a hard, heart-wrenching, stomach-churning kind of year filled with violence and ill will. Continue reading
Caging children, separating families: Has the war on immigration gone too far?
Posted on June 15, 2018 by John W. Whitehead
Sometimes you have to draw a line in the sand. Continue reading →