Record inequality and corporate profits are what media call a ‘strong economy’
What explains corporate media’s credulous reliance on uninformative economic measures, and contradictory references to a “strong economy,” alongside reports on a struggling working class?
The Media Win Iowa! Will They Carry New Hampshire?
Round one goes not to the candidates but the media, which reasserted its dominance over the political process — for now.
For millions of dogs, South Korea is hell on Earth
Summer in South Korea brings the brutal Boknal “dog eating days,” when more than a million dogs are tortured and slaughtered for meat.
University of Oxford study concludes Trump’s supporters share widest range of known junk news
A new study concluded that "junk political news and information was concentrated among Trump's supports," which was "mapped from public Twitter and Facebook data."
The limited mind: Why fear is driving humanity to extinction
I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with...
2017: The Year that brought on the Resistance
2017 was certainly not the year that I thought it was going to be.
Effects of domestic violence during Covid on children mind-set
I hope and wish that all do our very best to protect our kids and children from going through such experiences in the first place.
Personal interview: Professor Mark Skidmore What are the Prospects for Peace?
Mark Skidmore talks about how the role of everyday citizens in affecting the relationship the U.S. now has and will have with the rest of the world community.
Pet stores in California to sell rescued animals only under new law
The aim is to save the state's taxpayers from the millions of dollars spent on sheltering animals and protect animals from inhumane treatment from "kitten factories" and puppy mills" that could cause long-term emotional and physical health problems.
Merry Christmas: Right-wingers, the Red Pope and Jesus
Rationality doesn't seem to be included in the liturgy of right-wingers' political church.









