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The Biden Crackdown on Thought Crimes
The Biden Crackdown on Thought Crimes The Biden administration is seeking to radically narrow the boundaries of respectable American political thought. The administration has repeatedly issued statements and reports that could automatically castigate citizens who distrust the federal government. We may eventually learn that the new Biden guidelines spurred a vast increase in federal surveillance and […]
2002 Landmarks on the Road to “1984” Orwellian Hell
2002 Landmarks on the Road to “1984” Orwellian Hell Next month will be the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Politiciansand bureaucrats wasted no time after that carnage to unleash theSurveillance State on average Americans, treating every person like aterrorist suspect. Since the government failed to protect the public,Americans somehow forfeited their constitutional right to […]
Washington’s Biggest Fairy Tale: “Truth Will Out”
Washington’s Biggest Fairy Tale: “Truth Will Out” Photograph Source thierry ehrmann – CC BY 2.0 The arrest of Julian Assange has produced rapturous cheering from the American political elite. Hillary Clinton declared that Assange “must answer for what he has done.” Unfortunately, Assange’s arrest will do nothing to prevent the vast majority of conniving politicians and […]
Seymour Hersh and the Disappearing Iconoclast
Seymour Hersh and the Disappearing Iconoclast He won a Pulitzer for My Lai and cracked Abu Ghraib wide open. But this reporter is still a lonely breed. Journalist Seymour Hersh in 2009. Credit: Institute for Policy Studies/Flickr Seymour Hersh, Reporter: A Memoir, Sy Hersh. Knopf, June 2018, 368 pages When people are comforted by government lies, […]
Pro-War Media Deserve Slamming, Not Sainthood
Pro-War Media Deserve Slamming, Not Sainthood Still from “The Post.” The media nowadays are busy congratulating themselves for their vigorous criticism of Donald Trump. To exploit that surge of sanctimony, Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg rushed out The Post, a movie depicting an epic press battle with the Nixon administration. Critics raved over the film, which the […]
Hollywood hoopla ignores media’s history of servility
Hollywood hoopla ignores media’s history of servility © Getty Much of the media nowadays is portraying itself as heroes of the #Resist Trump movement. To exploit that meme, Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg rushed out “The Post,” a movie depicting an epic press battle with the Nixon administration. But regardless of whether Spielberg’s latest wins the […]
The FBI is Not Your Friend
The FBI is Not Your Friend One of the unfortunate ironies of the manufactured “Russiagate” controversy is the perception of the FBI as a friend of liberty and justice. But the FBI has never been a friend of liberty and justice. Rather, as James Bovard writes, it has a long record of both deceit and […]
The FBI’s Forgotten Criminal History `
The FBI’s Forgotten Criminal History Photo by Dave Newman | CC by 2.0 President Trump’s firing of FBI chief James Comey last May spurred much of the media to rally around America’s most powerful domestic federal agency. But the FBI has a long record of both deceit and incompetence. Five years ago, Americans learned that […]
