Bush and Habeas Corpus: Gutting the Constitution

John W. Whitehead March 31st, 2008

Incredibly, President Bush would have us believe that the rights of citizenship are only as good as the ground a citizen literally stands on. In recent oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case involving Mohammad Munaf and Shawqi Omar, a Bush Administration lawyer argued that "American citizens, when they go abroad, they have to take what they get."

Munaf and Omar, both American citizens, were arrested in Iraq by American military personnel and have been in the custody of … (Read More)

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America's New God: When Politics Trumps Faith

John W. Whitehead February 18th, 2008

“Nearly 30 years after religious conservatives decided to re-enter the political arena—after abandoning it as ‘dirty’ and leading to compromise—what do they have to show for it? The country remains sharply divided and the reconciling message they used to preach has been obscured by the crass pursuit of the golden ring of political power. In the end, they got neither the power, nor the Kingdom; only the glory and even that is now fading.”

—Cal Thomas, former vice president of the Mo … (Read More)

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Our Schools Are Graveyards for Freedom

John W. Whitehead December 13th, 2007

“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”—Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis

My granddaughter is seven months old. Intent on discovering as much as she can about the world around her, she is blissfully unaware of the fact that she is under constant surveillance. Between her doting parents, her equally doting grandparents and a baby monitor that is always turned on and tuned in, there is little this child can d … (Read More)

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We Are the Children of the Night

John W. Whitehead October 30th, 2007

"I am Dracula."—Bela Lugosi

Halloween is associated with strange creatures, but none more so than the vampire. To most, the vampire is a myth, an image popularized in movies, television and books. Yet the vampire is no mere Hollywood creation. It is a universal legend.

Stories about this blood-sucking fiend have been told throughout the world for centuries, perhaps as long as tales have been told. The villagers of Uganda, Haiti, Indonesia and the Upper Amazon all have their local v … (Read More)

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Big Brother in the Sky

Erik October 12th, 2007

From heat tracking spy satellites to miniature flying audio/video recorders (see pic.), the U.S. government has an arsenal of surveillance tools… and they're aimed directly at you. On top of that, you're paying for it.

This week on SBE, we're joined by constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead from The Rutherford Institute to talk about his recent article, An Electronic Concentration Camp: Big Brother in the Sky. Check out the piece and listen to the program to find out ho … (Read More)

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An Electronic Concentration Camp: Big Brother in the Sky

John W. Whitehead October 10th, 2007

Short of hiding out in a cave, far removed from any trace of modern technology, it would seem that there is no longer any escaping the electronic concentration camp in which we live.

Whether we're crossing the street, queuing up at the ATM or picnicking in the park, we're under constant scrutiny–our movements monitored by cameras, tracked by satellites and catalogued by a host of increasingly attentive government agencies. No longer does the idea of an omnipresent, omniscient go … (Read More)

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