The Camera You Fear and the Camera You Bought There is a special kind of civic theater in which a neighborhood can work itself into a moral panic over a pole-mounted license-plate camera while the same neighborhood’s living rooms, driveways, windshields, pockets, and faces are already wired for recording. The latest object of that theater is Flock Safety: a network of automated license-plate readers used by police departments and private customers, now numbering well over 100,000 devices and...

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." This warning, often attributed to Edmund Burke, has echoed through history as a stark reminder of human nature. Evil rarely conquers through overwhelming force alone; it triumphs because those who could stop it choose silence, comfort, or denial. Today, the United States stands at a precipice, and the greatest threat to its survival is not the malice of its enemies, but the inaction—and sometimes the...

The Shame of Partisan Media In an ideal republic, the media serves as a watchdog, providing citizens with accurate, balanced information to make informed decisions. However, when media outlets primarily act as mouthpieces for warring political factions—amplifying one side's narrative while demonizing the other—real journalism suffers. Honest, fact-based reporting gives way to selective framing, outrage-driven content, and echo chambers. The result is a profoundly divided society where truth...