This is Not a Test
CJ Hopkins
Do not adjust your telescreen. This is not a test. It’s a state of emergency! A full-blown national state of emergency! Yes, that’s right, once again, we need to...
A Constitutional Crisis: Can the Rule of Law Survive This Presidency?
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest...
Avoiding Trouble
Todd Hayen
I have to admit, although it seems like I am a real freedom fighter screaming from the mountaintop, “Give me liberty, or give me death,” I am actually quite...
The Rise of the Immortal Dictator: What Will AI Mean for Freedom and Government?
John & Nisha Whitehead
“If one company or small group of people manages to develop godlike digital superintelligence, they could take over the world. At least when there’s an evil dictator, that human...
Living Will Kill You
Todd Hayen
Will it? I don’t think so. But that seems to be a foundational tenet of the sheep worldview. Interestingly, though, the sheep-set fear most things that are rather innocuous,...
Heil to the Chief
CJ Hopkins
Guess what time it is, boys and girls. Did you guess it? I’m pretty sure you did. That’s right, it’s time for the Big Switcheroo! It’s Morning in America...
AI Law and Order
Todd Hayen
Artificial Intelligence, AI, is such the “in” thing now. You just can’t get away from it. AI art, AI music, AI writing. It is everywhere. And let’s not forget...
Animal Farm Politics: The Deep State Wins Again
John & Nisha Whitehead
“No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to...
Who are the “Elite”?
Todd Hayen
People are always correcting me when I use the term “elite” to describe that group of “people” (or maybe lizards) who are calling the shots and who created the...
Welcome to 2025: Where Your Freedoms Go to Die
John & Nisha Whitehead
“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” Montesquieu, Enlightenment philosopher Wondering what to expect...
Choosing What to Believe
Todd Hayen
There was a time in a galaxy far, far, away that you didn’t have the luxury of “choosing” what to believe. The job at hand was to figure out...
Beyond Dunderdrone
Sylvia Shawcross
Oh for heaven’s sakes! Are there dunderheads running the world now? Their magic tricks and deception play like a scratchy old vinyl in the background of our lives now....
When Rights Become Privileges: Is the Constitution Becoming Optional?
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. They’re privileges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country is a ‘Bill of Temporary Privileges.’ And if you read...
Inevitable
Todd Hayen
I used to believe that the only way we were going to get out of this mess was to flip sheep (apologies to those offended by my continued use...
Voluntary Democracy – Part 2
In Part 1, I proposed a new sociopolitical model called Voluntary Democracy. I suggested that the three branches of government—the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary—could be replaced by three voluntary...
Voluntary Democracy – Part 1
Iain Davis
I propose a new sociopolitical model that I call Voluntary Democracy. You may reasonably ask how I became arrogant enough to even contemplate doing such a thing. I am no...
Consequences
Todd Hayen
Many people seem to think these days they can do anything they want with no negative consequences—that doing whatever they want is their right, and if they get negative...
Divide and Conquer: Political Riptides Threaten to Overwhelm the Nation
John & Nisha Whitehead
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human...
Four-Level Decentralised Government
Antony Alexander
It was good to see writer and broadcaster Iain Davis back at Off-Guardian (21/11/24), this time with some interesting thoughts about democracy. I’d agree that representatives selected from party...
The Vaquita Porpoise
Sylvia Shawcross
People are wearing things. They’re sporting blue bracelets and outrageous tattoos and bald heads or beards or flags or make-up or decals or pins or memes on teeshirts and...
