Always Watching
You might think a nation so thoroughly identified with the surveillance state would want to downplay that association when they open themselves up to the …
Obey or Else
Here’s what is known for sure: during a routine stop at the Blue Water Bridge, waiting to cross into the U.S., American border patrol agents …
British Beef
England, the land of Magna Carta, continues hellbent on its transformation into full-blown police statehood, offering in the process a glimpse at what our own …
You Take my Breath Away
The Department of Health and Human Services has kindly notified me that the inhalers keeping my asthma in check are being dis- continued. DHHS is …
Apres Ils, le Deluge
As the desperate financial plight of many state and local governments comes increasingly into view, expect many of those august bodies to become ever more …
Homeland Secured
Do you remember when the PATRIOT Act was controversial? It seems to me at one time that there was quite a fuss raised about it, …
Declare the Pennies on Your Eyes
January 1 in the United Kingdom saw the value-added tax (VAT) increase from 15% to 17% – one of the legacies of the disastrous administration …