Of all the wistful superstitions that cluster around the concept of the future in contemporary popular culture, the most enduring has to be the notion…

So a woman walks into a room... That's how quite a few jokes usually start. In our case, self-appointed Queen of Nulandistan Victoria "F**k the…

I already knew that Osama bin Laden read my book before the headlines this week — but I’m still angry that he gave The Best Democracy Money…

Memorial Day commemorates soldiers killed in war.  We are told that the war dead died for us and our freedom. US Marine General Smedley Butler…

If physical violence is to be used only as a final resort, a dominant class must seek to gain people’s consent if it is to…

Colonel Ian Henderson was a British official dubbed “the Butcher of Bahrain” because of atrocities he repeatedly committed during the 30 years he served as chief…

It’s a rare and remarkable event when a government broadcasts ahead of time its intent to commit war crimes. Yet that’s just what senior Israeli…

“Monsanto, out of China!” website (in Chinese): http://www.monsanto-out-of-china.org On May 25 2013, anti-Monsanto demonstrations took place in 436 cities in 52 countries. With slogans such as…

The longstanding principal goal of U.S. trade policy is to advance U.S. economic interests. So, why is the Obama administration fighting so hard to help…

After decades of poor results through the industrialized food system, it seems we are hearing about a homegrown revolution more and more. Indeed, growing one’s…

So I wrote this bill... Last summer a reporter I had never heard of from the Portland Press Herald called me about vaccine stuff. I…

These mirrored dishes, located in the Kalahari desert, could be the most efficient solar system in the world. Photo Credit: Ripasso Energy 1. Strides in…