Sunday, April 17, 2011 When Will It Be “Enough”? Uninvited, unwanted, but there anyway: Hamilton police disrupt a funeral. Within the space of about a day, New Jersey experienced two public displays of organized intimidation by paramilitary thugs. The first involved an armed assault by black-clad bullies whose conduct was indistinguishable from the criminal street […]

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Allen West: Has the Militarist Right Found its New Warlord? (Photo composite by William Wallace Grigg.) Hello, Tea Partiers. Look at your president. Now back to me. Now back at your president. Now – back to me. Sadly, your president isn’t me…. Look down. Back up — where are you? You’re […]

Monday, May 2, 2011 Emmanuel Goldstein’s Dark Victory In related news, Francisco Franco is still dead, too. Whether Osama bin Laden departed the mortal realm for an unpleasant eternity years ago — as sober and serious people have reported — or last week in a firefight suitable for a sweeps week episode of NCIS, this […]

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 The Lethal Illusion Called “Authority” Killer on the loose: Ian Birk, seconds before he gunned down John T. Williams. “Why did you shoot that man? He didn’t do anything!” The question was wrenched from a woman who had watched in horror as Police Officer Ian Birk pumped four shots into the […]

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 The World’s Largest Street Gang   Sure, the “3,000 Boys” are a group of tattooed thugs from Los Angeles who spend a lot of time in jail, share cryptic hand signs, have a cultivated sensitivity to being “dissed,” routinely beat up people at parties and instigate fights in bars — but […]

Thursday, May 19, 2011 The Authentic Cruelty of a Synthetic Man Yes, I’m willing to see you suffer, and throw you in prison — but don’t expect me to admit it. Mitt Romney, a polymer-based life form of nearly limitless pliability, is as long on cash as he is short on genuine convictions. For the […]

Friday, May 13, 2011 “Why Did Police Kill My Dad?” Jose Guerena’s murders lock down the scene of their crime. “Mom, was my dad a bad guy?” four-year-old Joel Guerena plaintively asked his mother Vanessa after her husband, 26-year-old Jose, was killed in a withering barrage of gunfire during a SWAT invasion of their home. […]

Monday, May 23, 2011 Death Squad Damage Control in Tucson (UPDATED with video, May 26) Victims of an American death squad: Ex-Marine murder victim Jose Guerena with his wife and sons. …no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons […]