Court Blocks Texas Immigration Law
2024-03-21
A US appeals court has blocked Texas from enforcing a new law giving the state power to arrest and deport illegal migrants.
Five in Ten 3/13/24: Modern Blasphemy Laws Could Land You in Prison for Life
2024-03-13
A proposed hate speech law in Canada could criminalize “advocating genocide” with a prison sentence of 5 years to life. The problem: Who gets to define what that term means?
NATO OK With Ukraine Bombing Russia
2024-02-26
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said last week that Ukraine has the right to use NATO-supplied weapons to strike deep inside Russia—which suggests that Russia might feel free to respond deep inside NATO countries.
2023 in Review: War, Chaos, and Criminalizing Free Speech
2023-12-18
War in Israel and Ukraine, government-sponsored censorship, a growing divide between East and West, and the Balkanization of the United States.
The Friday Five: State-Sponsored Censorship
2023-12-08
Big Brother may be 40 years later than George Orwell predicted, but the censorship-industrial complex is here and spreading its tentacles through an unholy alliance of government, academia, and the tech industry.
The Friday Five – Pro-Israel Rally and the Censorship Industrial Complex
2023-11-17
Two big stories this week: Joe Biden is accused of war crimes for supporting Israel by State Department employees, and the scope of government efforts to control the narrative on social media is even bigger than we thought.
Big Sister and Pre-Crime in New York
2023-11-16
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week that her state is collecting data from social media platforms to combat “hate speech” and antisemitism.
Attack on Putin?
2023-05-03
Russia claims it destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Kremlin Monday night. Ukraine denies responsibility, begging the question: Who sent it, and why?
Another Bank Bites the Dust
2023-05-02
First Republic Bank was seized by regulators Monday, becoming the second-largest bank failure in American history. JPMorgan acquired the bank’s assets and now holds more than 10% of all US deposits.
The End of Dollar Dominance
2023-04-06
Last week, China and Brazil agreed to settle payments for trade in yuan and real, bypassing the US dollar. This is the latest in a series of events pointing to the imminent end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.