Alien and Sedition Acts Themes

Xenophobia is Greek for "fear of aliens." This is what anyone gets after watching Alien for the first time, but it's not how the word is used. It means fear of people from other countries, and usua...

At their core, three of the four Alien and Sedition Acts assume that the biggest problem is immigrants, and one thinks the problem is people who believe different things. Though the laws were writt...

Every law that is enacted, every single one, reduces freedom. The question is, whether or not that reduction of freedom is worth it. Most people would agree that certain reductions aren't just okay...

Politics have been a part of human life ever since Thog thought all the cavemen should move to one cave, and Grog thought they should stay in the same cave. And once a cave bear got everyone, peopl...