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Colombia has been at war for over 50 years. Office bombings, arrests, and torture for protesting, murders for protecting the environment, or reporting the truth

WARNING: Whenever wealthy and powerful people try and protect you from the vagaries of financial markets, beware; they are either disingenuous or lying.     Your

Summary History may repeat itself, but never the same way twice. Mass media technologies have changed dramatically over the years, but a deeper look reveals

Summary The West and Ukraine were unprepared for a Russian invasion. They feign surprise. Yet, they chose to ignore four decades of atrocities committed by

Origins Many things are great about Russia, its government is not one of them. When, as a young man, I asked my grandmother, Millie, if

Summary: Anti-vaccination exposes one to potential suffering and death. It appears crazy. Yet, the deeper question is why are millions of individuals refusing to partake

Life As Video Game Reality in electronic space has become increasingly like living in a giant, distributed video game.  This life-like video game is comprised

Summary: Electronic space is reshaping our identities and personalities. From our concept of privacy, time, space, and need for intimacy, we are the guinea pigs

Artificial Friends Q sits quietly in front of his voice-activated computer screen. He’s spent the morning searching online for an artificial friend, like the one

The Question Every century has an important question that organizes the way individuals approach reality. The most important question of this century is, “What does

Police are the unsung heroes of community projects, despite media focus on failed officers and violence. The community policing movement is growing from the U.S. to Medellin, Colombia. This is a story of police officers and projects that are making a positive difference in people’s lives now.

Shakespeare’s Home London has become the center of state-sponsored violence against art and artists. The government, in conjunction with metropolitan police, has decided that if

The Beginning My wife Janet and I moved to Medellin, Colombia roughly 20 months ago. It wasn’t a rational move for work or cheaper housing.

ORIGINS: The International Committee of the Red Cross released the following statement on April 14, 1989: Geneva (ICRC)—On 13 April 1989, six Arab inhabitants of

WE’RE BEING RIPPED OFF, AND IT’S LEGAL Theft Is Legal: Theft is the action or crime of stealing, taking what doesn’t belong to you. Many

The promise of progress: Progress is a 19th-century idea. Social theorists long ago captured our imagination with the belief that advances in technology, science, and

Our dilemma: extinction or life The key questions of our era revolve around the survival of our species: Why would humans consciously choose to annihilate

Time for tax revolt: This piece is a call for tax revolt against the wealthy that are starving America’s Treasury and making life more difficult

America first: America is first in many social and political trends. Insurrection triggered by fantasy is one of them. Imagine scaling the walls of the