Martial Law Masquerading as Law and Order: The Police State’s Language of Force
By John W. Whitehead “Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who…
By John W. Whitehead “Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who…
By John W. Whitehead “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by…
By John W. Whitehead “Adolf Hitler is alive and well in the United States, and he is fast rising to power.”—Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant…
By John W. Whitehead “But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to…
By John W. Whitehead “Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who…
By John W. Whitehead “As political and economic freedom diminishes, sexual freedom tends compensating to increase. And the dictator (unless he needs cannon fodder and…
By John W. Whitehead “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from…
By John W. Whitehead “She was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10 percent of any population is cruel,…
By John W. Whitehead “There will come a time when it isn’t ‘They’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be ‘My…
By John W. Whitehead “No matter who you are, no matter how strong you are, sooner or later, you’ll face circumstances beyond your control.” —…
By John W. Whitehead “The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been…
By John W. Whitehead “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public…
By John W. Whitehead If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street, If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat. If you get…