We’ve spent over one TRILLION dollars on “homeland security,” but what have we really gotten out of it?
Category: politics
We Don’t Know How to Handle Terrorism
Found this very insightful quote over on Slashdot, and I couldn’t agree more: “Countries like the UK and Israel have experience with terrorism, and they’ve developed reasonably sane ways of handling it. Just to be clear, I’m not praising the fact that they stole land from the Irish and the Palestinians — but at least… Continue reading We Don’t Know How to Handle Terrorism
Citizen Surveillance
Thoughtful comments on the idea of citizens keeping tabs on their police & government, instead of only the other way around.
Lessons we still haven’t learned from 1984
Looking at George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’ and seeing some uncomfortable parallels to our modern world.
The Fear Disease
Looking at the increasing level of fear which has crept into both the American populace and American politics over the years since 9/11.