
John W. Whitehead: We’re all enemies of the state
If the government is consistent about any one thing, it is this: it has an unnerving tendency to exploit crises and use them as opportunities for power grabs under the guise of national security.

If the government is consistent about any one thing, it is this: it has an unnerving tendency to exploit crises and use them as opportunities for power grabs under the guise of national security.

Despite the finger-pointing and outcries of dismay from those who are watching the government discard the rule of law at every turn, the question is not whether Donald Trump is the new Adolf Hitler but whether the American Police State is the new Third Reich.

Joe Biden today laid out his foreign policy vision for America to restore dignified leadership at home and respected leadership on the world stage.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) have joined Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) in cosponsoring legislation to protect the decennial census from partisan whims aimed at intimidating respondents and curbing participation.

Power corrupts. Anyone who believes differently hasn’t been paying attention.

For too long now, we have suffered the injustices of a government that has no regard for our rights or our humanity.

Is vaping allowed in airports? Many chain-smokers around the globe have turned into electronic cigarette users. Fancy vaping devices have a completely different smoking etiquette and law regulations.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) comments after the Senate approved the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

How do you persuade a populace to embrace totalitarianism, that goose-stepping form of tyranny in which the government has all of the power and “we the people” have none?

Rep. Abigail Spanberger questioned the administration’s decision to circumvent Congress and to authorize a new emergency sale of high-tech arms to the Saudi-led coalition currently fighting Houthis in Yemen.