John W. Whitehead's Weekly Commentary

Since 1996, John W. Whitehead has taken on everything from human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, protection of religious freedom, and child pornography, to family autonomy issues, cross burning, the sanctity of human life, and the war on terrorism in his weekly opinion column. A self-proclaimed civil libertarian, Whitehead is considered by many to be a legal, political and cultural watchdog—sounding the call for integrity, accountability and an adherence to the democratic principles on which this country was founded.

Time and again, Whitehead hits the bull's eye with commentaries that are insightful, relevant and provocative. And all too often, he finds himself under fire for his frank and unadulterated viewpoint. But as he frequently remarks, "Anytime people find themselves under fire from both the liberal left and the conservative right, it means that that person is probably right on target."

Mr. Whitehead's commentaries have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times and USA Today.

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Recent Commentaries

Scanners: No Place to Hide

Martin Luther King Jr.: We Are Killing the Dream

Obama’s Leadership Deficit: Twitting While America Burns

The Marriage Meltdown: Gay Unions, Divorce and the Dysfunctional Family

Helter Skelter: Racism and Murder

Obama and War: What Would Jesus Do?

The Body Snatchers: They're After All of Us and You're Next

Snyder v. Phelps: Will Misguided Patriotism Destroy Free Speech?

Be a Counter Friction to Stop the Government Machine

Doing Away with the Right to Be Different: The Assault on Religious Freedom

What Price Freedom?

Drones Over America: Tyranny at Home

Teaching Totalitarianism in the Public Schools

Paul McCartney: 'What a Father Says to His Son'

Forcing Politicians to Listen: Dissent, Rebellion and All-Around Hell-Raising

Nat Hentoff: A Civil Libertarian Takes on Obama and the World

The Killing of Aiyana Jones: Modern Police Tactics & the Demise of the Fourth Amendment

The Census Takers: A Government Against the People

Getting After the Devil: Obama and Civil Liberties

The Things That Truly Matter: A Graduation Message

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Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. His new book The Change Manifesto (Sourcebooks) will be out in August 2008.

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