In the post 9/11 America, you are presumed guilty until… well, you’re pretty much always presumed guilty.
Category: society
Protecting Them, Not You
The last 10 years have seen many laws enacted in the name of security, but they are meant to protect the lawmakers, not you.
Our Dangerous Obsession with Identity
Over the past 10 years, we’ve developed an obscene obsession with “identity,” and for all the wrong reasons.
Bin Laden’s Dead – Now What?
Now that Osama Bin Laden is dead, what do we do next?
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