When The State Owns Your Name Senseless, lawless violence — government reduced to its essence: BLM employee C.J. Ross commits a felonious assault on Nevada property rights activist Ken Greenwell, in Palomino Valley, Nevada, November 13, 2001. Greenwell had staged a peaceful protest of the BLM’s theft of cattle belonging to rancher Ben Colvin. Ross, […]

A Totalitarian Tableau The frail, middle-aged man splayed awkwardly on the ground in the middle of this photograph is Tufts historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. On Friday, while attending the annual conference of the American Historical Association, the former Oxford don was arrested and assaulted by several police officers after committing the grievous offense of jaywalking. “I […]

An Allergy to Freedom (UPDATE, June 1) The view from Sunriver, a beautiful Oregon community where, at present, the police can only deal with actual threats to life and property. Kind-hearted folks in the State Legislature are working at this very minute to change that. “You need to buckle up your kids!” a shrill, insistent […]

Watching The Detectives … Can Land You In Jail Once may be an anomaly, twice a coincidence, but three or more instances constitute a pattern. Bear that axiom in mind as we review some cases in which citizens have been charged with illegal “wiretapping” — a felony – for the supposed offense of recording their […]

The Regime’s Liturgy of Terror The process is as predictable as a Jay Leno punchline — or, put another way, as familiar as a liturgy: The Feds will announce that they have aborted a terrorist plot, one that, if allowed to come to term, would have been more devastating that 9-11; the claim is retailed […]

“Because We Want To” “Sir, what did I do to deserve handcuffs?” “It’s law enforcement’s view you used foul language, and because we want to. I told you to give me your boarding pass.” “I tried to give you my boarding pass, sir.” “You tried to be a jerk.” A few seconds after that exchange, […]

Bad Company: Yet Another “Terrorist Plot” Orchestrated by the CIA? He’s a Company man: Russell DeFreitas, a former employee of the CIA’s Evergreen Airlines, appears in court. When asked what he thought of Western Civilization, Ghandi reportedly replied that he thought it would be a good idea.* One could very well speak in the same […]

“Punking” The Fourth Amendment … or maybe not. I’m betting on “not.”“Criminal means, once tolerated, are soon preferred.” Edmund Burke, from Reflections on the Revolution in France Ascencion Alvarez-Tejada probably swore in frustration as he pulled up behind a disabled car at the intersection of Highway 97 and Veteran’s Way near La Pine, Oregon. And […]