TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
While the Chilcot Inquiry has spurred renewed calls for former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s impeachment, the American leader continues to evade accountability. Almost as if it were planned, former U.S. President George W. Bush rang in his 70th birthday on Wednesday with a remarkable gift: a reminder of his seemingly eternal impunity for war crimes committed Read More…
In a damning commentary on the rush to invade Iraq, Sir John Chilcot’s inquiry found “diplomatic options had not” at the time “been exhausted. Military action was therefore not a last resort” — as then Prime Minister Tony Blair led the people of the U.K. to believe. While the Chilcot Report proffers scathing insight into the Read More…
It’s intriguing to consider that after Edward Snowden, a former NSA subcontractor, leaked secret information about the government’s surveillance activities, he was charged with “theft of government Property”, “unauthorized communication of national defense information” and “willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person.” Hillary Clinton, however, the Democratic presidential nominee in this year’s Read More…
While the terrorist group known as the Islamic State (or ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) might be a formidable and abhorrent foe, one mischaracterization of these terrorists — repeated far too often by politicians and many in the media — must be put to rest. The Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam — no matter Read More…
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by a former coffee grower who claims that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide gave her cancer. In another blow to Monsanto Co’s already tarnished public image, a former Kona coffee grower will be allowed to sue the biotechnology giant for possibly contributing to her cancer diagnosis. Monsanto’s Roundup Read More…
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSEvery aspect of our society has seen a steady innovative progression over the last century. We have stood witness as flimsy wooden contraptions barely getting off the ground transformed into sophisticated jets capable of reaching incredible heights. The incessant beeps of the telegraph, became a massive global network of Read More…