The Current Prison System Breeds Criminality

It should be no surprise to anyone that the current “justice” system is a broken mess. I've written about this serious issue a few years...

Obama Administration Pushes for Unwarranted & Unconstitutional Strip Searches

If being being virtually strip searched before boarding your flight, or if being killed over constitutionally protected speech, or if cops m...

The Tao of Arizona Atheist: Enforcement of the Social Contract

In a previous post I explained the role of the social contract in a society and looked at some examples of how it might be applied. In this ...

REDACTED: Stop the Murder of Troy Anthony Davis!

Update 9-22-11: A little over two years after I wrote this post I am horribly saddened and angered to report that Troy Davis has been murder...

Criminal Injustice: The Flaws & Fallacies of the American Justice System, by Steve Salerno

From Skeptic.com is an excellent article outlining many of the problems with the U.S. "justice" system I've covered in the pas...

Stop the Murder of Troy Anthony Davis!

I was watching Bill Maher's Real Time and one of his guests was wearing a "I Am Troy" t-shirt. The guest mentioned some about ...

Roid Rave: Steroids, They Do A Body Good? by Jordan Heller

From thefanzine.com here is an article (dated 3-5-09) about a man who I consider a good friend and mentor. His name is Bob Clapp and I'v...

Anarchism vs. The State: Civility or Incivility

I've been reading the excellent books by Will and Ariel Durant called The Story of Civilization; I am on the first book right now. On pa...

Immorality and the Prison System

Some people still insist that the prison system is an effective and moral solution to the problem of crime, but as I've shown in past po...

“Open-Air Prison” in Iowa

From Democracy Now!, they have posted a sad story about the government going into Iowa and arresting hundreds of immigrants. The following i...

The Tyranny of the State, Part 3

As you can probably tell, this third installment of Tyranny of the State is about the War on Drugs, or put more aptly, the War on Innocent P...

Police Brutality and the "Code of Silence"

In two Amnesty International documents, they detail more abuse at the hands of those who are supposed to be there to 'protect and serve....

The Tyranny of the State, Part 2

In this second installment of Tyranny of the State, I want to discuss the issue of incarceration; it's failure to produce a significant ...