Tag: Rutherford Institute

On reasons to shift power back to, ‘we the people’ today

By John W. Whitehead & 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—forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of other centuries.” —Hannah

War continues its role as enemy of freedom, continually

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” — James Madison War is the enemy of freedom. As long as the politicians of the United States continue to involve us in wars that bankrupt the nation, jeopardize our servicemen

Shrinking freedom, illusory rights, continue for ‘we the people’

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We are no longer free. We are living in a world carefully crafted to resemble a representative democracy, but it’s an illusion. We think we have the freedom to elect our leaders, but we’re only allowed to participate in the reassurance ritual of

Bumpy ride: Federal motor vehicle safety standard

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.”—Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle If we haven’t learned by now, we should beware of anything the government insists is for our own good. Take the Joe Biden administration’s

Past time to wake up and stifle police state propaganda

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Cancel culture: Political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, and a mass-marketed pseudo-morality that is little more than fascism disguised as tolerance, has shifted us into an Age of Intolerance, policed by techno-censors, social media bullies, and government

Cancel culture, political correctness, stifle free speech

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Cancel culture: Political correctness amped up on steroids, the self-righteousness of a narcissistic age, and a mass-marketed pseudo-morality that is little more than fascism disguised as tolerance, has shifted us into an Age of Intolerance, policed by techno-censors, social media bullies, and government

Danger points pose threats to our collective freedoms

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Despotism has become our new normal. Digital tyranny, surveillance. Intolerance, cancel culture, censorship. Lockdowns, mandates, government overreach. Supply chain shortages, inflation. Police brutality, home invasions, martial law. The loss of bodily integrity, privacy, autonomy. These acts of tyranny by an authoritarian government long

Review of 2021: Change produced little real change

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Disgruntled mobs. Martial law. A populace under house arrest. A techno-corporate state wielding its power to immobilize huge swaths of the country. A Constitution in tatters. Between the riots, lockdowns, political theater, and COVID-19 mandates, 2021 was one for the history books. In

Santa’s new helper: Big Tech, Big Government

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Santa’s found a new helper. No longer does the all-knowing, all-seeing, jolly Old St. Nick need to rely on antiquated elves on shelves and other seasonal snitches in order to know when you’re sleeping or awake, and if you’ve been naughty or nice.

Slippery slopes, double standards, exist in rights’ battles

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Who gets to decide when it comes to bodily autonomy? Where does one draw the line over whose rights are worthy of protecting? And how do present-day legal debates over bodily autonomy, privacy, vaccine mandates, the death penalty, and abortion, play into future

On forming a united chain can give peace a chance

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “All we are saying is give peace a chance.”—John Lennon How do you give thanks for freedoms that are constantly being eroded? How do you express gratitude for one’s safety when the perils posed by the American police state grow more treacherous by

Collision casts freedom aside with fascist forces at work

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Man is born free, but everywhere is in chains.” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau We are moving fast down the road to fascism. This COVID-19 pandemic has shifted us into high gear. The heavy-handed collusion between the Techno-Corporate State and the U.S. government over vaccine mandates

Metaverse just Big Brother in disguise: Total control

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Welcome to the Matrix (i.e. The metaverse), where reality is virtual, freedom is only as free as one’s technological overlords allow, and artificial intelligence is slowly rendering humanity unnecessary, inferior and obsolete. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, sees this digital universe, the

Police misconduct can include sex trafficking

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We are a Nation on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Undeniably, the blowback from COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates continues to reverberate around the country, impacting the Nation’s struggling workplaces, choking the economy and justifying all manner of authoritarian tyrannies being inflicted on

Trappings of the police state really in plain sight

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We are living in an age of mayhem, madness, and monsters. Monsters with human faces walk among us. Many of them work for the U.S. government. What we are dealing with today is an authoritarian beast that has outgrown its chains and will

Essential: Standing up for truth, justice, against tyranny

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead America is breaking down. This breakdown, triggered by polarizing circus politics, media-fed mass hysteria, racism, classism, fascism, fear-mongering, political correctness, cultural sanitation, virtue signaling, a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness in the face of growing government corruption and brutality, a growing economic divide

Authoritarian notion: The government knows best

By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military.”—Simone Weil, philosopher and political activist We labor today under the weight of countless tyrannies, large and small, carried out in