Since the global economic crisis, sharp divergences in economic performance have contributed to considerable stock-market volatility. Now, equity prices are reaching relatively high levels by…

The 2015 election was a giant step towards the self-destruction of Israel. The decisive majority has voted for an apartheid state between the Mediterranean Sea…

Legislators in thirteen states have introduced bills that would severely constrict or eliminate exemptions from compulsory vaccination, with the intended aim of coercing, cajoling, or…

When I lived in China, there was a story going around about a China Airlines flight in which both the pilot and the co-pilot had…

An Australian science project to resurrect an extinct frog species has been named one of the world's best inventions. The Lazarus Project centres on a…

From the looks of it, the nation’s boomtown is still booming. Big rigs, cement mixers and oil tankers still clog streets built for lighter loads.…

Scientists have raised concern over the rate of radioactive contamination of the Pacific, due to the Fukushima nuclear accident. Expert : Plutonium-241 from Fukushima nearly…

Despite the significant risks for human and non-human life, greenhouse gas emissions (GhG) are still rising. Something has to give – and that something would appear more significant than…

When I follow the coverage of the Ukrainian crisis in some of the most respectable mainstream Western media, I have the strange feeling that I…

It's not news that the United States is the incarceration capital of the world: The 2.4 million people behind bars in the U.S. today is,…

 truly stunning debasement of the U.S. justice system just occurred through the joint efforts of the Obama Justice Department and a meek and frightened Obama-appointed…

Human activity dangerously compromises four of the nine systems that are key to maintaining the stability of Earth, report researchers. The study establishes planetary boundaries—thresholds beyond…