Police State

Balancing the Equation: AfPak Security at the Expense of Governmental Stability

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


Vikrum Aiyer

Two tactics that Administration officials are entertaining in the region strongly beg the question as to whether Obama is placing a premium on security, at the expense of government stability.

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.

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.

Logical Consequences

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


Robert Koehler

Call it creative self-destruction, maybe. How surreal it's been this week to watch the Republicans reap a small portion of the divine comeuppance du...

Police To Seal Off DC Neighborhoods

dcist.com | Sommer Mathis | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home


Can you say Police State? The Examiner has the scoop on a controversial new program announced today that would create so-called "Neighborhood Safety Z...