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Will O.J. Simpson Confess?

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: June 6, 2016

The Washington Post just reported that a friend of OJ Simpson believes he may be willing to confess to the 1994 murders after he is released from prison for unrelated crimes (possibly as early as 2017). Everyone who is old enough to remember 1994 has a story about OJ Simpson. Maybe they saw the infamous […]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Justice System, Social Criticism | Leave a comment

Disintegration

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: October 1, 2015

“One of the few good things about modern times,” Kurt Vonnegut observed, “If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.” Rarely a day goes by without another act of senseless violence occurring in the US. The motives seem to vary wildly: religious fanaticism, white supremacists trying […]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Justice System, Psychology, Social Criticism, War | Leave a comment

Interview with Deck Hazen of Deep Green Productions

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: May 3, 2015

Here’s my new interview with Deck Hazen of Deep Green Productions. We discuss Lewis Mumford’s “Megamachine” and how it and other bureaucracies within society deprives us of our moral autonomy.

Posted in Interviews, Videos | Also tagged Economic Theory, Social Criticism, Technology | Leave a comment

US Government is Partially Responsible for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: February 3, 2014

Yesterday, on the eve of the nation’s most celebrated spectacle, the Super Bowl, it was announced that actor Philip Seymour Hoffman had died from a heroine overdose, reportedly with the needle still in his arm. Of course, Hoffman is responsible for his own actions, especially given that he had numerous opportunities to benefit from rehab […]

Posted in News | Also tagged Drug War, Justice System | Leave a comment

The Prison System Runs Amok, Expands at Frightening Pace

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: September 6, 2012

In the early 1970s, the prison population in the United States was small and was steadily falling relative to the size of the population. Experts imagined that in a few decades, the prison system as we know it could be successfully dismantled, but that began to change after President Nixon began the War on Drugs in 1971, […]

Posted in News | Also tagged Justice System, Prisons, Privatization | 2 Responses

The King of Ruffle Bar and the Insanity of Bureaucracy

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: August 17, 2012

In anthropologist Edward Hall’s 1976 book Beyond Culture,  he describes a story of a wild dog that lived on the small, otherwise uninhabited island of Ruffle Bar, which is just off the coast of Brooklyn and Long Island. The dog, nicknamed “The King of Ruffle Bar,” seemed to be in good health and had sustained […]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Civil Liberties, Justice System, Social Criticism | Leave a comment

Strip Searching Innocent Victims in the ‘Land of the Free’

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: August 9, 2012

Last July, Leila Tarantino, a citizen of Citrus County, Florida, was driving with her two children. According to a lawsuit she filed with the district court last week, Tarantino says she made a full stop at a stop sign, but was pulled over by police anyway. She was held in the back of a police […]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Civil Liberties, Justice System | Leave a comment

Justice In America is a Farce

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: June 18, 2012

Finally, our long national nightmare is over. The government brought charges, submitted its case to the people, and the people decided. Baseball player Roger Clemens has been acquitted of perjury for allegedly lying to congress when asked about using performance enhancing drugs. Of course, no amount of press fanfare should be spared for such a […]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Banks, Justice System, Social Criticism | Leave a comment

A Gun to Literally Silence Speech

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: May 29, 2012

A report recently published by two Japanese scientists describes the effects of a new invention they call a “speech jammer.” When directed at a person speaking, it confuses the subjects brain, quickly causing him or her to fall silent. In essence, the device literally silences speech. 

Posted in News | Tagged Law Enforcement | 1 Response

They Tell Us “See Something, Say Something.” Well, I See Something

By S.J. Kerrigan | Published: May 24, 2012

The Department of Homeland Security regularly warns us to be aware of our surroundings and to watch for suspicious activity. They also warn us to watch for actions that may look harmless, but might also be  a symptom of a more serious threat. Some of us wonder if being so suspicious of our fellow citizens […]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged Imperial Presidency, Justice System, NDAA, Privatization, Regulation, Whistleblowers | 1 Response
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