Israel Isn’t the Brilliant Friend of Freedom the Beltway Claims It to Be
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.
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.
As President Biden mulls mandating commercial passengers to have Covid vaccinations, perhaps he should remember that his move would increase the death rate from traffic accidents as more people eschew flying and take to the open road.
This latest Middle East conflict is ultimately little more than gang warfare. We oppose it as a matter of principle.
Under the guise of "modernizing" communications, the Canadian government is vastly expanding its power to regulate social media and threaten free speech.
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.
Naomi Wolf has taken on the American medical bureaucracy for its lies and malpractice in dealing with covid.
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.
Fed up with the state's surveillance regime? There are ways to use available technology to frustrate government efforts to spy on you.