The legitimacy of a given social order rests on the legitimacy of its debts. Even in ancient times this was so. In traditional cultures, debt…

Did you know that drinking distilled water on a daily basis can be dangerous? Distilled water is a type of purified water. It’s water that…

The Conscious Kitchen prepares a lunch at Bayside MLK Jr. Academy. (Photo: Turning Green) When schools in California's Sausalito Marin City District return to session…

Israeli police and right-wing extremists violently attacking and assaulting Palestinians who had gathered outside the hospital where a Palestinian hunger striker is gravely ill. Flag-waving…

While some, perhaps not California farmers, will disagree with NOAA's assessment of the world's atmospheric conditions, earlier today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared…

A January 2015 report from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health reveals that forty four percent of children (those under 18) are living in…

There are certain advantages to writing out the ideas central to this blog in weekly bursts. Back in the days before the internet, when a…

New evidence from Fukushima shows that as many as 2,000 people have died from necessary evacuations, writes Ian Fairlie, while another 5,000 will die from…

Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation received money from a financial fraudster linked with illegal Israeli settlements and an American Islamophobic network.  Tony Blair is again in the…

The nature of the war in Afghanistan has shifted dramatically in recent months. While the US and NATO continue to be actively involved in the…

Recently, Louisiana became the latest state to attempt a massive ban on cash that would have resulted in making it illegal to use U.S. cash…

“The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.”…