Commentary “A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.” — James Madison The IRS has stockpiled 4,500 guns and five million rounds of ammunition in recent years, including 621 shotguns, 539 long-barrel rifles and 15 submachine guns. The Veterans Administration (VA) purchased 11 million rounds of ammunition (equivalent to 2,800…
IRS Hiring Spree Is the Biggest Expansion of the Police State in American History
Commentary The Democrats’ new reconciliation bill isn’t just going to be the largest-ever expansion of a government agency. It’s going to be the largest expansion of the domestic police state in American history. Only a statist could believe that a federal government, which already collects $4.1 trillion every year—or $12,300 for every citizen—supposedly needs 80…
Hong Kong Was Once My Home—Today It’s a Police State
Commentary Twenty-five years ago today, Hong Kong was handed over to China and the last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, sailed out on the Royal Yacht Britannia. Two months later, as a young fresh graduate, I flew in to begin my first job and career as a journalist and activist. I had the privilege…
Communist Party Inserts Police Officers as School Vice Principals Across China
June 12, 2022
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China’s ruling communist party has issued a notice ordering police to be sent into all Chinese schools as vice principals for “security reasons.” Experts have criticized the move as an excuse for the regime to further tighten its control over Chinese society, which is arguably already a police state. Major Chinese news portal NetEase reported…
You Can’t Police a Virus Away
April 23, 2021
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Commentary Like other Canadian provinces, Ontario has turned into a police state where citizens are denied their basic human rights and civil liberties. The simple pleasure of freely leaving your own home to go and visit a friend is now illegal. Citizens can’t escape their own house arrest (a penalty normally reserved for convicted criminals)…
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Growing up in Haiti, 1975
Commentary Recent headlines about Haiti have reminded me of my summer internship there in 1975. I “grew up” in Haiti, in the sense that I learned what it means to live in a police state. Before that, I lived in a cocoon of simplistic theory. My Ivy League education had taught me that America was the…