In the years immediately following the global financial crisis of 2008, the claim was frequently advanced that, while the major capitalist economies were severely impacted,…

In 2012, at least 283.5 million pounds of glyphosate (the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready) was used in U.S. alone. For those who are unconcerned about…

Between January and March of 2015, a record 1,336 Americans renounced their U.S. citizenship, according to a quarterly report by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that was…

Earlier this year, former Florida governor Jeb Bush travelled to my hometown of Detroit to explain his political philosophy. In a speech before local business…

It has been well established that people have a “bias blind spot,” meaning that they are less likely to detect bias in themselves than others.…

A study at the University of Montreal shows that the market share of the five largest research publishing houses reached 50% in 2006, rising, thanks…

ay this for the Democrats in the Clinton era: they're never boring. From brilliant responses to sex scandals to impossible smoke-but-not-inhale policy hedges to calculated…

Yves here. Earlier this week, we features a post from TomDispatch, The Geopolitics of American Global Decline: Washington Versus China in the Twenty-First Century, which elicited…

Writing about and reporting the Middle East is not an easy task, especially during these years of turmoil and upheaval. But I cannot remember another…

The “official” Bilderberg Group website has released a list of participants for this years upcoming conference. The website also released a list of bullet points that they claim is the…

Global markets are changing drastically and showing volatilities like we saw back in late 2008.  I am not talking about stock markets, it is the…

Donald Rumsfeld is this generation's Robert McNamara. Over 12 years after overseeing and helping to design the 2003 invasion of Iraq - the former secretary…