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The Royal Society and the GMO-Agrochemical Sector
The Royal Society and the GMO-Agrochemical Sector The Royal Society in the UK is a self-governing fellowship of distinguished scientists. Its purpose is reflected in its founding charters of the 1660s: to recognise, promote and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. Its motto, nullius in […]
Mueller, Russia and Oil Politics
Mueller, Russia and Oil Politics Dunder-Mifflin as Troll Farm The Mueller indictment made public on Friday charges 13 Russian nationals with trolling the American electoral process to ‘sow discord’ by falsely representing themselves as American dissident personas. Once the field of presidential aspirants had been narrowed in 2016, their goal became to support Donald Trump’s […]
In the Post-Truth Classroom
In the Post-Truth Classroom Photo by Heidi De Vries | CC BY 2.0 “It already feels as though we are living in an alternative science-fiction universe where no one agrees on what is true. Just think how much worse it will be when fake news becomes fake video. Democracy assumes that its citizens share the […]
War Spending Will Bankrupt America
War Spending Will Bankrupt America “Why throw money at defense when everything is falling down around us? Do we need to spend more money on our military (about $600 billion this year) than the next seven countries combined? Do we need 1.4 million active military personnel and 850,000 reserves when the enemy at the moment — […]
Global Warming Zaps Oxygen
Global Warming Zaps Oxygen Photo by Todd Huffman | CC BY 2.0 Take a deep breath. A recent scientific study reveals disturbing loss of ocean oxygen. Unnerving climatic events like this justify ringing and clanging of the bells on the Public Square, all hands on deck. In particular, and as expected, the culprit is too […]
Canada vs. Venezuela: Have the Koch Brothers Captured Canada’s Left?
Canada vs. Venezuela: Have the Koch Brothers Captured Canada’s Left? Photo by Eden, Janine and Jim | CC BY 2.0 With a U.S.-backed military coup or invasion in Venezuela looking ever more likely, Canada’s progressive leftists are pushing for the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) to abandon its “reactionary” foreign policy position on that country. […]
Are Modern Cities Sustainable?
Are Modern Cities Sustainable? Photo by Grant252 | CC BY 2.0 Around 4 billion people, or more than 50 % of the world’s population, now live in cities. By 2050 that percentage is expected to rise to 75%, as the world population soars to 9.7 billion. Fifty of those cities will be mega cities, i.e. […]
The Scourging of Julian Assange
The Scourging of Julian Assange Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet | CC BY 2.0 Julian Assange’s latest attempt to have his outstanding UK arrest warrant dropped has failed in what stands as one of the most blatant and cruel examples of the British legal system being wielded as an instrument of persecution against a man whose only crime […]
Fake News by Omission: the Haiti Example
Fake News by Omission: the Haiti Example “I’m happy to have a president that will bluntly speak the truth in negotiations,” Eric Prince commented on Breitbart News. “If the president says some places are shitholes, he’s accurate.” Thus did Mr. Eric Prince pay homage to Mr. Donald Trump. Prince of course being the renowned founder of […]
Why ‘Russian Meddling’ is a Trojan Horse
Why ‘Russian Meddling’ is a Trojan Horse Prior to the 2016 presidential election, if one were to ask what single act could seal a new Cold War with Russia, align liberals and progressives with the operational core of the American military-industrial-surveillance complex, expose the preponderance of left-activism as an offshoot of Democratic Party operations and […]
Is Cryptocurrency a Ponzi Scheme?
Is Cryptocurrency a Ponzi Scheme? Just three weeks ago Bitconnect announced it was shutting down after being accused of running a Ponzi scheme. Techcrunch chronicles Bitconnect’s decline noting how the term “pyramid scheme” was not an unfair assessment as to what was going on: “Bitconnect was an anonymously-run site where users could loan their cryptocurrency […]
America Dumps Its Fracking Waste in My Ohio Town
America Dumps Its Fracking Waste in My Ohio Town My southeastern Ohio town in the Appalachian foothills is a small, rural place where the demolition derby is a hot ticket, Walmart is the biggest store, and people in the surrounding villages must often drive for 30 minutes to grocery shop. We hold the unfortunate distinction of being […]
Living With Truth Decay
Living With Truth Decay “Once a policy has been adopted and implemented, all subsequent activity becomes an effort to justify it” — Barbara Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (1984. p. 245). In the 20th-century but still fun party game called Telephone, people sit in a circle and someone whispers a phrase […]
Democrats and Republicans: United on Glorifying Authoritarian Systems
Democrats and Republicans: United on Glorifying Authoritarian Systems With President Donald Trump fighting against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), his Republican minions have managed to navigate a somewhat tortuous road. They have to somehow criticize one of the many authoritarian organizations that they generally revere. Ultimately, this has proved not too difficult for them; […]
