The Police State

Jamaicans are willing to accept authoritarian behavior from the state in the name of rejecting colonialism.

The European Union's latest moves against Elon Musk and X are a last gasp in the attempt to control speech and free inquiry on the Internet. If the EU is successful, the consequences will not be limited to Europe.

President Joe Biden is promoting his “AI Bill of Rights,” which looks to be an attempt to censor political opposition. Naturally, political and media elites are enthusiastically endorsing it.

In the name of dealing with a so-called public health crisis, U.S. political and medical elites created even more crises. David Gordon reviews Tom Woods' new book that deconstructs the disastrous decisions made by progressive politicians and medical authorities.

It seems U.S. government officials are entitled to blindfold and deceive the American people to avoid “intruding” on foreign leaders planning a military attack? This theory of democracy gets curiouser and curiouser.

In the past two decades, the TSA has proven it is ineffective in providing real security for airline passengers. However, its growing incompetence is matched only by its increasing intrusion into travelers' lives.

While those that foisted the covid lockdowns and restrictions on the public are asking for “forgiveness,” Rand Paul is asking for the truth. Phil Duffy reviews Paul's book documenting governing elites' lies and cover-ups.

As this author previously has noted, the ideology of statism is responsible for much of the violence that plagues the world. We see this played out in Israel's aggressive retaliatory attacks in Gaza in response to the October 7 killings by Hamas.

While Israel receives praise for being a "democracy" in the undemocratic Middle East, its surveillance policies mirror those of China, which is decidedly not democratic.

Governments regularly suppress freedom—yet few complain. One wonders if Stockholm syndrome is at work.