It goes without saying that one of the most important aspects of modern political life is the media that has often been referred to as a fourth branch of government. For some time now, people have turned to corporate newspapers and magazines to inform themselves. Today, those traditional sources are joined by the alternative electronic…
I noticed a very interesting trend in recent days. Kenneth “Russians bombed the last hospital in Aleppo” Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch: Trump spends Day One denying the photographic evidence. His inauguration crowd (left) versus Obama's in 2009 (right) https://t.co/y626lRVNnW pic.twitter.com/bhT0NbBiM5 — Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) January 22, 2017 Julia “people who disagree with…
It’s personal. This article goes to many places. I think you’ll find a place that works for you. I’ve been investigating and reporting on deep medical fraud for 29 years. I’ve been around the block a few hundred times. I’ve spoken with scientists who work for the government and universities, and the media operatives who…
“Every time one of these barrels strikes, it is the seismological equivalent of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, and it happens around 50 times a day. (In Syria)You can’t dial 911. You can’t dial the fire service. You can’t call the local police department. They don’t exist.” ~ James Le Mesurier, British ex-military trainer of the…
Kompromat–the term for the acquistion and exploitation of compromising material, often of an embarrassing sexual nature–is very much in the news today, thanks to the allegation that Russian security services have dirt on Donald Trump and are blackmailing him to follow Kremlin policies. On Martin Luther King Day, we can remember a great American–and one…
The ability for technology and innovations to transform global economics and geopolitics is often underestimated, even sidelined in retrospect. However, from the technological achievements that gave the British Empire mastery over the seas, to the industrial revolution that eventually disrupted and unraveled the empire’s carefully constructed global system of mercantilism, the march of technological progress…
