Martial Law

The Groundwork Has Already Been Laid for Martial Law

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

Bush laid the groundwork for an imperial presidency and a potentially totalitarian government -- a state of affairs that has not ended with Barack Obama's ascension to the Oval Office, despite hopes to the contrary.

WATCH: The U.S. Army Prepares to Invade the U.S.

J.S. McDougall | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


J.S. McDougall

When I first learned about Naomi Wolf's book, The End of America--in which she chronicles America's slide toward becoming a police state, I considered...

America's Shadow Government: Part Two

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

This database reportedly contains the names of Americans who, "often for the slightest and most trivial reason, are considered unfriendly, and who, in a time of panic, might be incarcerated."

Martial Law?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.06.2008 | Business


Jayne Lyn Stahl

This bailout is nothing more than the biggest bait and switch swindle that has ever been perpetrated on the American taxpayer.

America's Shadow Government: Part One

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


John W. Whitehead

We are, for all intents and purposes, one terrorist attack away from having a full-fledged authoritarian state emerge from the shadows.

An Expat's View of the Conventions: End of Summer in America and Back "Home" to Europe

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

I am a Democrat but actually found the old McCain palatable once upon a time...where in the hell did the real John McCain go?

Gustav and Wild Turkey: New Orleans Hurricane Update by My Friend Jim Gabour

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.30.2008 | Living


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

"It has been three years and a day since Katrina violated this city. We are not yet safe, and the world has tired of our story."

What Will Happen to the "Unitary Executive" in the Next Presidential Term?

Charles Shaw | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Charles Shaw

The policy of the "Unitary Executive" (which grants Bush unchecked power during national emergencies) was the "single most successfully implemented policy" of the Bush/Cheney administration.