Category: totalitarianism

Religion: The Greatest Threat to Totalitarian Regimes?

On this episode of International Reporters Roundtable we shine a light on the persecution of people of faith. It’s not only from oppressive authorities. A dangerous trend is surfacing in free societies. Three groups stand out: Christians, Jewish communities, and Falun Gong practitioners. Christians, murdered in parts of Africa and increasingly suppressed elsewhere, are now…


PREMIERE ~ Religion: The Greatest Threat to Totalitarian Regimes?

On this episode of International Reporters Roundtable we shine a light on the persecution of people of faith. It’s not only from oppressive authorities. A dangerous trend is surfacing in free societies. Three groups stand out: Christians, Jewish communities, and Falun Gong practitioners. Christians, murdered in parts of Africa and increasingly suppressed elsewhere, are now…


[PREMIERING NOW] Aaron Siri on Missouri v. Biden, First Amendment Jurisprudence, Basic Freedoms, Separation of Powers | ATL:NOW

“I think this might be one of the most consequential decisions in First Amendment jurisprudence in 200 years. You have a federal judge, in a case brought by two states in America—so, two attorney generals: Missouri and Louisiana—saying that the federal government has violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution by colluding widely…


Aaron Siri on Missouri v. Biden, First Amendment Jurisprudence, Basic Freedoms, Separation of Powers | ATL:NOW

“I think this might be one of the most consequential decisions in First Amendment jurisprudence in 200 years. You have a federal judge, in a case brought by two states in America—so, two attorney generals: Missouri and Louisiana—saying that the federal government has violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution by colluding widely…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Aaron Siri on Missouri v. Biden, First Amendment Jurisprudence, Basic Freedoms, Separation of Powers | ATL:NOW

“I think this might be one of the most consequential decisions in First Amendment jurisprudence in 200 years. You have a federal judge, in a case brought by two states in America—so, two attorney generals: Missouri and Louisiana—saying that the federal government has violated the First Amendment of the United States Constitution by colluding widely…


[PREMIERING NOW] Stella Morabito: Technocratic Totalitarianism, The Impulse to Conform, and AstroTurf Mobs Versus Organic Protest

“It doesn’t matter what your politics are. People want friends. People want family. They want strong relationships. Nobody wants to be lonely. And that’s why what I call the ‘weaponization of loneliness’ is so effective.” In this episode, I sit down with Stella Morabito, a senior contributor at The Federalist. She’s a former CIA intelligence…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Stella Morabito: Technocratic Totalitarianism, The Impulse to Conform, and AstroTurf Mobs Versus Organic Protest

“It doesn’t matter what your politics are. People want friends. People want family. They want strong relationships. Nobody wants to be lonely. And that’s why what I call the ‘weaponization of loneliness’ is so effective.” In this episode, I sit down with Stella Morabito, a senior contributor at The Federalist. She’s a former CIA intelligence…


Stella Morabito: Technocratic Totalitarianism, The Impulse to Conform, and AstroTurf Mobs Versus Organic Protest

“It doesn’t matter what your politics are. People want friends. People want family. They want strong relationships. Nobody wants to be lonely. And that’s why what I call the “weaponization of loneliness” is so effective.” In this episode I sit down with Stella Morabito, a senior contributor at The Federalist. She’s a former CIA intelligence…


[PREMIERING 7/11, 7:30PM ET] Stella Morabito: Technocratic Totalitarianism, The Impulse to Conform, and AstroTurf Mobs Versus Organic Protest

“It doesn’t matter what your politics are. People want friends. People want family. They want strong relationships. Nobody wants to be lonely. And that’s why what I call the “weaponization of loneliness” is so effective.” In this episode I sit down with Stella Morabito, a senior contributor at The Federalist. She’s a former CIA intelligence…


Rebellion, Not Retreat

Commentary The following is adapted from the author’s remarks at a panel presented by the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Fran Maier is right that we are now at a hinge in history—the end of an age and the beginning of something new. Anyone who thinks he or she knows exactly what will emerge next is probably…