The Patriot Act

One Final Expansion of the Surveillance State as Obama Heads for the Door

by Scott Shackford | Jan 16, 2017 | Featured Articles, Justice

President Barack Obama's administration ending its eight-year rule by expanding the sharing of intercepted communications and data between federal agencies may feel a little bit like a final giant middle finger to the many critics of the massive, secretive...

The Antiwar Comic: Every School Kid Knows

by Tony DiGerolamo | Dec 17, 2016 | Blog

Today's Antiwar Comic is more of a civics lesson than anything else. It occurred to me that we teach all this high and mighty wonderful stuff about America and it's kinda b.s. For more comics visit the Webcomic Factory.

Hey, Trump: Pardon Snowden!

by Brittany Hunter | Nov 16, 2016 | Featured Articles, Justice

During his first days as president, Barack Obama pledged to protect government whistleblowers. In fact, Change.org even highlighted this stance saying, “Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee...

12/27/03 – Brigid O’Neil – The Scott Horton Show

by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2003 | The Scott Horton Show

Philip Dru interviews Brigid O'Neil, a researcher at the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute, and the author of the articles: The PATRIOT Act’s Assault on the Bill of Rights, Jose Padilla: A Constitutional Challenge for Us All, and Uncle Sam’s...

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The “Least Performing” Circus Continues at the US Navy (and Elsewhere)

***Have been out of pocket for conference attendance*** The US Navy and the Pentagon continue the grand sclerotic and arthritic three ring circus of staggering inabilities to deliver any exquisite platforms on time, on budget and within scope. The sterling track...

Be Careful What You Ask for

You wanted America First. You got it. Did you think it wouldn't be conceived in national collectivist terms? The clue's in the name. It's America First, not Americans First.

Phony Noninterventionists

Call me naive, but I increasingly suspect that much of today's "left" is not antiwar on principle. Rather, it's anti-American war because, in its view, America (not just the government) is rotten to the core: bourgeois, racist, patriarchal, heteronormative, blah,...

America First is Always the Sober Alternative to War on the World

My shortest post ever. Ironic that Israel has more US senators than America.

My Views

I discuss the news around deportations, the military parade, No Kings, and Iran v Israel. ALP

Anti-War Blog – It’s Never Enough

It is hard to be up to date with any coverage for an ongoing war, especially in the social media age. Things move fast, the information that is real, verified, takes time to be confirmed and understood as factual. Lies, deception and sensationalism spreads fast, it’s...

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