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Luke Hiken

Truthout
Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Luke Hiken
Op-Ed

Off With Their Heads

The French were right: the best way to deal with the rich is to behead them – at least figuratively, if not physically. Opposing capital punishment does not…
by
Luke Hiken,
SpeakOut
June 18, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Draft – the Disconnect Between the US Military, Its Wars and the American Public

There's a new push to reinstate a Selective Service draft again. Two mainstream authors familiar with military history have put forth the reasons a reinstituted draft could solve…
by
Luke Hiken &
Marti Hiken,
Progressive Avenues
April 22, 2011
Truthout
Op-Ed
Politics & Elections

Voting and Other Meaningless Gestures In a Corporate-Owned Economy

For the first time in over 40 years, I don’t intend to vote for any of the candidates running for national election. That is for the simple reason…
by
Luke Hiken,
Progressive Avenues
April 20, 2011
Truthout

How Courts Avoid Doing Justice

It is apparent that in order to put more than 2.3 million people behind bars and keep them there, while simultaneously building a prison guard/police arm of the…
by
Luke Hiken,
Progressive Avenues | Op-Ed
February 15, 2011
Truthout

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