Beyond the Told

by Dr. David M Robertson

Tag: security

Knowing Your ID Rights During Police Encounters

Most people do not learn their legal ID rights (or any right) during a police encounter until after something goes wrong. At that point, confusion, fear, and misinformation tend to replace clarity. This is not because the law is unknowable, but because it is fragmented. Identification requirements vary by state and context, and are often […]

The False Promise of Safety and U.S. Decline

Beware an overemphasis on safety! Weird thing to say, right? Allow me to explain. When examining the decline of the United States, one does not need to look far to recognize that America is not the beacon of excellence it once was. Where liberty and resilience once defined the nation, complacency and fragility now dominate […]

End of the Road, Revisited

Have you seen what gold has been doing? Are the forecasts finally upon us? In 2012, the documentary End of the Road: How Money Became Worthless made a claim that was widely dismissed as alarmist at the time. The film argued that once money was severed from constraint, political incentives would overwhelm discipline, debt would […]

When Emotion Outvotes Reason

The recent election in New York has captured national attention, not because of the typical partisan noise, but because a self-proclaimed socialist, using openly communist slogans, has taken power in one of America’s most visible cities. His campaign praised ideological revolution, called for the punishment of his opponents, and promised a future of redistribution and […]

Why SNAP and Credit Cards Are Not the Same

There is a growing tendency to compare the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), distributed through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, with ordinary credit cards. The argument usually arises during discussions about government spending or poverty assistance, with someone asserting, “What’s the difference? Both are plastic cards used to buy food.” It sounds simple, but the […]

America is in Fifth Generation Warfare

Despite what the hostile media would have you believe, America truly is under attack by ideas that have been sharpened into weapons. Extremist movements hostile to capitalism and constitutional order have been mobilized as pawns in a larger game. Many adherents believe they are fighting oppression, yet they serve (willing or not) as force multipliers […]

America’s Terminal Cycle and the Path to Escape

Do you ever get the feeling that civilizations do not rise and fall randomly? You might be right. History demonstrates that dominant powers endure for roughly two and a half centuries before their primacy fades. What if America’s terminal cycle is real? What if it is already here? The Dutch commercial-finance order of the 1600s […]

Epistemic Rigidity Killed Kirk and Zarutska

What has happened to this great nation of ours? Sometimes, I no longer recognize it. American flags are hate speech? Debates are now fights? Education is indoctrination? We have lost our way and seem to be speeding toward something terrible. Perhaps, we are already there. In my opinion, the murder of Charlie Kirk at Utah […]

AI Has Rewired Fraud. Here’s What Works.

A good question about fraud came up in one of my Telegram groups: ‘Generative AI has changed fraud, so what controls actually work now?‘ I thought it might make for a good article, because it’s the right question to ask. However, the answer requires recognizing that we’re dealing with an evolved version of a persistent […]