TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
The World Health Organization has declared Zika virus a global health emergency of international concern, which is only the fourth time in history such a declaration has been made. It’s projected that the virus could infect up to 4 million people this year, and scientists estimate as many as 1.5 million people could already be infected. It can be a difficult Read More…
It is the hottest story in 2016 so far: hundreds of people have been poisoned for as long as a year and a half by a neurotoxin released in large quantities directly into their water supplies. Cable news and papers across the country have covered the emergency with horrifying interviews, wild statistics and the repeated Read More…
As the nation rightly focuses on Flint’s ongoing water crisis, other cities in the state of Michigan face even higher levels of lead contamination. The alarming pervasiveness of potentially toxic drinking water extends across the United States. The Detroit News reports that, “Elevated blood-lead levels are seen in a higher percentage of children in parts of Read More…
A new study claiming diet beverages may be more beneficial to weight loss than water was funded by Coke, Pepsi, and other soft drink conglomerates. The analysis, published in November in the International Journal of Obesity by a professor at the University of Bristol, concluded that low energy sweeteners (LES) in place of sugar, “in Read More…
With the turn of the new year, The Last American Vagabond has taken some time to elaborate on a few of the concepts that together encompass the inner mechanisms of the human mind, including rehabilitative neuroplasticity; the idea of a postmodern perennialism. This concept investigates recurring themes in all schools of thought throughout religion, science, and philosophy, and an Read More…
The current Age of Information has brought about a drastic and notable split in the trifecta of thought that creates the human intellect. These three pieces, Science, Religion, and Philosophy, continue to argue that they are all mutually exclusive, yet have never been able to exist apart from each other. In today’s postmodern era there Read More…