From Liberty to Force Thought Criminals: Mark and Deborah Kuhn display the “desecrated” flag that provided the pretext for their arrest. “[America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend […]

The Coldest Monster, The Cruelest Slavemaster Abigail Burroughs, seen here before cancer ravaged her body, died at age 21 after pleading unsuccessfully to use a promising drug called Erbitux, then in final clinical trials but not yet approved by the FDA. Months after Abigail’s death, the FDA granted approval amid geysers of self-laudatory praise for […]

Building a Better Beast : “Homeland Security” in the US and the PRC Made in the USA: When Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky was arrested by the KGB about 40 years ago, his guards told him the handcuffs he was wearing were made in America. US investment capital is helping China’s thuggish gerontocracy keep its rising […]

The Padilla Precedent “From this point on, you will enjoy no privileges of rank… no privileges of person. From now on, I will refer to you only as ‘human.’ You have no other identity.” I have no way of knowing whether that pronouncement, or something very much like it, was uttered by Jose Padilla’s captors […]

Our Ripening Reich George W. Bush’s chief delinquency as Chief Executive, according to Philip Atkinson, is leniency. He has been too indulgent of the masses and their delicate moral sensibilities, which would be offended by the spectacle of blood and horror that is necessary to pacify Mesopotamia and terrify the Islamic world into acquiescence.At the […]

Briefly Considered: Red Phoenix Rising? Item: “According to a poll last month by the Moscow-based Levada Center, 54 percent of Russians between 16 and 19 believe Stalin was `a wise leader,’ and a similar number thought the collapse of the Soviet Union was `a tragedy.’ (Two thirds also thought that America was a `rival and […]

They’ll “Find A Reason” To Lock You Up “Checkpoint Charlie,” the notorious gateway to Communist East Germany. Germany is now united, and Soviet-style checkpoints are now common in the U.S. “You better stop runnin’ your mouth, or the other officer will find a reason to lock you up tonight.”In those words, recorded by Missouri resident […]

Amerika, 2007 “Freeway Blogging”: A problematic but inventive method of political protest. Jonas Phillips is the third resident of Asheville, North Carolina to be arrested in recent weeks for displaying a pro-impeachment sign.Unlike Mark and Deborah Kuhn, who were targeted for official abuse because of a display erected on their own property, Phillips was arrested […]