 John Hawkins: Games We the People Play Games We the People Play. There are provable nefarious forces at work. And games are being played. Are you a player or a loser from the start? |
 44% of Republicans Believe Bill Gates Will Use the Coronavirus Vaccine to Implant a Tracking Microchip A new survey by Yahoo News and YouGov has found that 44% of Republicans believe that Bill Gates will use the COVID-19 vaccination to implant a location-tracking microchip into the vaccine recipient, a conspiracy theory that has gained traction among fringe groups and conservative pundits. The survey also found that 26% of Republicans do not believe the false microchip vaccine narrative, while 31% remained undecided on the... 3  |
 SARA SCAFE TOOLE: Hemp and Cannabis As A Capitalist Venture Why legalizing industrial hemp as an agricultural resource makes sense in a capitalist society. 5 |
 Robert Wendell: Politics and Basic Research The current lack of funding for basic research is threatening our scientific and technological leadership in the world. This carries with it a very high, long term economic cost. It not only threatens the standard of living, but reduces the environmental factors that encourage and reward creative joy and invention, whether scientific, technological, or artistic. 4 |
James Lewis: Military's Alternative Energy Investment Is Good for Local Economies
An OpEd for El Paso Times examining alternative energy investment by military at Fort Bliss and the role these investments will play in the economy. 1 |
Former Florida GOP Gov. Charlie Crist: Here's why I'm backing Barack Obama I've studied, admired and gotten to know a lot of leaders in my life. Across Florida, in Washington and around the country, I've watched the failure of those who favor extreme rhetoric over sensible compromise, and I've seen how those who never lose sight of solutions sow the greatest successes. As America prepares to pick our president for the next four years -- and as Florida prepares once again to play a decisive role -- I'... |
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Scott Baker: The world is not 10,000 years old. The Bible says so. A recent Gallup poll showed that 58% of Republicans think the world was created in the last 10,000 years, with humans in their present form. Gallup concludes: "Despite the many changes that have taken place in American society and culture over the past 30 years, including new discoveries in biological and social science, there has been virtually no sustained change in Americans' views of the origin of the human species... 5 |
Mikhail Lyubansky: Studies of Unconscious Bias Suggest Racism Not Necessarily Perpetrated By Racists Research shows that when people hold a negative stereotype about a group and meet someone from that group, they often treat that person differently and honestly don't even realize it. 7 |
Steven Jonas: Limbaugh, Santorum, Sex, and the Origins of the Roman Catholic Church We all know that Limbaugh, Santorum and a number of other Republicans are just fascinated by sex and also fascinated by how the control of it in its various aspects ("big government," anyone?) can be used for political and governmental purposes. This column looks into an early historical antecedent of that strategy. 10 |
 Walter Brasch: FRACKING: Corruption a Part of Pennsylvania's Heritage Corruption and politics may be at the root of why Pennsylvania has allowed near-unlimited drilling for natural gas--at the expense of health and environment. 3 |
Burl Hall: Rigid Mind Control or Creativity?
This article explores how we have been conditioned in our society in such a way that our creativity is squandered to the service of the Man, the Corporate/Banking elite. 6 |
Contact Summit 2011: The Evolution Will Be Social
The net is more than a marketing platform. Connect with the people who are building what comes next, and celebrate the potential of networking to transform commerce, learning, and society. |
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"The Authentic Spiritual Life: A Tribute to Hal Honig" By Dr. Bernie Starr
Selfless service is a core spiritual practice embraced by all spiritual traditions. Not surprising since authentic selfless service is one of the best barometers of ego transcendence--it erases differences and embraces the principle of oneness, which is essential for the highest spiritual attainment.
No one exemplified selfless service more than my friend Hal Honig. |
Press Release: Internet Debate on Bahrain's Political Future: Pro-Democracy Advocates vs Loyalists Al Jazeera's popular program, The Stream, hosts an online battle between pro-democracy advocates and loyalists over the present and future of Bahrain. |
Groups Call for Scientists to Engage the Body Politic - NYTimes.com
"When asked to name a scientist, Americans are stumped. In one recent survey, the top choice, at 47 percent, was Einstein, who has been dead since 1955, and the next, at 23 percent, was "I don't know." In another survey, only 4 percent of respondents could name a living scientist.
"While these may not have been statistically rigorous exercises, they do point to something real: In American public life, researchers are largely ... 3 |
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"My Friend Came to me with sadness in his eyes" but it wasn't about Bangladesh or Somalia but Palestine
Forty years ago, on the first day of August, George Harrison and Friends and fans got together for two shows at Madison Square Garden, New York City and blew the roof off at The Concert for Bangladesh...
Everyone checked their egos at the door and in harmonious rocking solidarity with George, Ringo, Clapton, Dylan, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and more raised awareness and funds that were- and still are- being dispersed throu... |
Bob Patterson: Extortion for fun and political gain
How many essential social programs do the Republicans want to cut? Is it five or six? Now, the Democrats have to ask themselves another question . . . |
 The Watkins Review Announces Its Spiritual 100 List The Watkins Review is pleased to announce its list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. The Spiritual 100 list ranks spiritual leaders and authors including the Dalai Lama (#2), Deepak Chopra (#5), Nelson Mandela (#19), the Pope (#34), and the best selling author Eckhart Tolle at #1. The spring issue features a full eleven pages highlighting each of these inspirational individuals. |
 Rev. Dan Vojir: GOOD Brain? BAD Brain, Red Brain Blue Brain?: Scientific Study Shows Gray Matter Differences In Political Views Red Brain? Blue Brain? Do you have an enlarged anterior cingulate cortex or a larger-than-normal amygdala? A study in London concludes that politics might result from particular parts of the brain being larger and having varying functions: Republicans tend to worry about the unknown, while Democrats have a higher tolerance for the unknown. No, they haven't studied Michele Bachmann yet. 2 |
"Praise the lard? Religion Linked to Obesity in Young Adults" This, of course, is dedicated to Eric... |
Thomas Farrell: *James Carroll's Call to Arms (BOOK REVIEW)
BOSTON GLOBE columnist James Carroll, a self-described practicing Catholic, has issued a call to arms to liberals and the Democratic party. He wants us to have a public discussion and debate about what good religion might be and what bad religion is and has been. To advance the discussion of bad religion, he has published another fine book setting forth his critical views of religion in Western cultural history. 2 |
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In 'Back to Our Future,' the '80s are Alive and, Well ...
PHILADELPHIA -- David Sirota is tooling around his hometown, giving what he calls "his '80s tour." He points out a billboard for the Philadelphia 76ers that boasts the basketball team's logo. One recycled from the 1980s.
* Past is present: David Sirota's bedroom at his childhood home in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., is filled with memorabilia from the '80s. To this day, the author says, people are "still looking through an '80s min... 1 |
 Dr Andrew Glikson: From the IPCC to Dinosaurs Climate Just before 2 a.m. on February 19, the war on climate science showed its grip on the U.S. House of Representatives as it voted to eliminate U.S. funding for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The Republican majority, on a mostly party-line vote of 244-179, went on record as essentially saying that it no longer wishes to have the IPCC prepare its comprehensive international climate science assessments. 21 |
Phil Rockstroh: A Zoo Of Our Own Making: We will kill for empire and a parking space A visual Poem, video and words, on Empire, alienation, and parking problems. Created and written by Phil Rockstroh.Directed and edited by Angela Tyler-Rockstroh 5 |
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Joan Brunwasser: Part Two: Election Defense Alliance's Jonathan Simon with the Timely Lowdown on Our Elections Computers can help us in many ways & will continue to play a major role in our lives--periodic glitches, hacks,and meltdowns notwithstanding. But to blindly and needlessly entrust our nation's elections--particularly its federal elections,which so directly determine our national direction--to private,corporate and partisan enterprises operating and calculating in secret beyond our capacity to observe and validate is insanity. |
B. Ross Ashley: EFF to Verizon: Etisalat Certificate Authority Threatens Web Security | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Dear Verizon,
We are writing to request that Verizon investigate the security and privacy implications of the SSL CA certificate (serial number 0x40003f1) that Cybertrust (now a division of Verizon) issued to Etisalat on the 19th of December, 2005, and evaluate whether this certificate should be revoked. | |
 Stefan Thiesen: VA Attorney General Continues to Misrepresent Climate Science in His Latest Court Filing Against UVA, by Union of Concer Global warming contrarians are characterized by a wicked mix of scientific incompetence and deliberate misinformation. A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists exposes Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Perhaps it should be seriously inquired whether such deliberate misinformation of the public ultimately constitutes a criminal offence in its own right. |
M. Wizard: Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents
Sizes shown are approximate estimates, and are here mainly for the purpose of ordering the groups, not providing a definitive number. This list is sociological/statistical in perspective. 3 |
Kevin Anthony Stoda: President Obama, Help us Find where the Moneys for Education and Alternative Energy Development in America are being Mis
Mr. Obama, please investigate the issues for the delay with the alternative energy projects at Crowder College-"and really push for educational development and alternative energy development from now till the end of your term(s) in office. 4 |
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