Matthew Harwood
AmericanConservative
New York, NY, United States
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Why Victims’ Rights Laws Are a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
A billionaire's emotional crusade to amend every state constitution could have disastrous consequences. → Read More
VIDEO: ‘SB 4 Is Patently Unconstitutional and Is Bad Policy’
On September 1 in Texas, SB 4 will take effect. And on that day, all law enforcement across the state will be immediately transformed from police officers into something much different. → Read More
This FBI Whistleblower and Former Undercover Agent Talks the Comey Firing, the Russia Investigation, and What We Can Expect From a Trump FBI
The last week and a half may be unprecedented in U.S. history — raising the specter of a possible constitutional crisis. → Read More
The Problem With Smart Policing
Cops nationwide secretly exploit intrusive technologies. → Read More
Welcome to Cop Land
People are waking up to the darkness in American policing, and the police don’t like it one bit. → Read More
There is no war on police: Ferguson, Chris Christie and the realities the right willfully ignores
Violent crime against officers is at historic lows. That hasn't stopped conservatives from ginning up fear and hate → Read More
The Logic of the Police State: Waking Up to the Darkness in US Policing
A look at arguments against reforms reveals disregard for concerns about brutality and abuse. → Read More
The Biggest Threat to American Public Safety Is the American Police State
If you’ve been listening to various police agencies and their supporters, then you know what the future holds: anarchy is coming—and it’s all the fault of activists. → Read More
The Logic of the Police State
What happens when law enforcement sees civil liberties as an impediment to public safety. → Read More
Why Read Christopher Lasch?
The conservative radical has answers to Charles Murray’s hard questions. → Read More
Why Read Christopher Lasch?
The conservative radical has answers to Charles Murray’s hard questions. → Read More
Terrorism’s new boogeyman: Charles Krauthammer and the toxic myth of the “lone wolf”
While pundits wring their hands over nonexistent threats, our civil liberties are slowly eroding to nothing → Read More
Lone Wolf Terrorists Are Exceedingly Rare, So Why Does Everyone Keep Talking About Them?
Government officials and prominent conservatives have stoked fears of lone-wolf attacks to justify the expansion of surveillance programs. → Read More
If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point
There’s only one problem with the rising crescendo of alarm about lone wolves: most of it simply isn’t true. → Read More
America’s dystopian new normal: Endless suspicion, limitless spying
The Suspicious Activity Report is the newest way Big Brother is secretly keeping tabs on ordinary citizens → Read More
Uncle Sam’s Databases of Suspicion
Law enforcement agencies are keeping tabs on Americans in ways that violate the federal government's own privacy guidelines. → Read More
How Did America's Police Get So Militarized?
Fancy weapons, 9/11 and fear of crime turned local forces into small armies. → Read More
Why Do These Cops Look Like Navy Seals?
How the excessive militarization of the police has turned cops into counterinsurgents. → Read More
To Terrify and Occupy
Welcome to a new era of American policing, where cops increasingly see themselves as soldiers occupying enemy territory, often with the help of Uncle Sam's armory, and where even nonviolent crimes are met with overwhelming force and brutality.... → Read More
One nation under SWAT: How America’s police became an occupying force
If the situation in Ferguson has taught us one thing, it's that things are getting very, very scary → Read More