By Robert J. Burrowes In his recently revised and updated book The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life, scientist Arthur Firstenberg has made both science and history comprehensible by explaining the importance and significance to life on […]
On 22 May, the Independent Sage committee — which was set up in response to the lack of public or scientific scrutiny of the activities of the government’s own Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) — published […]
by SUSAN BABBITT Photograph Source: Dimitris Kamaras – CC BY 2.0 On June 22, 1633, a sick and beaten old man, on his knees, had to “abjure, curse and detest” his view that “the earth moves and […]
By Nina Beety “Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth,” – Henry David Thoreau The moon is in trouble. And so are we. Bruce Gagnon: NASA is not really […]
by DAVID SCHULTZ Photograph Source: John Loo – CC BY 2.0 American universities are failing. They are private or public schools. They could be religiously-affiliated or not. They could be in the east, west, north, or south […]
Why does Lenin hold such an honoured position in the lexicon of socialist leaders? A century later, what can we learn from his teachings? Harpal Brar 22 April this year marked the 150th anniversary of […]
by VICTOR WALLIS Photograph Source: Poster Boy – CC BY 2.0 The US political scene is haunted by talk of socialism. The basis for this has been developing now for some years, especially since the financial meltdown […]
By Matthew J.L. Ehret By Matt Ehret for VT Canada Amidst the current hysteria of the covid-19 pandemic, talk of general chaos and economic collapse have taken the forefront of peoples’ minds. Increasingly over recent months, […]
By Jack Heart & Orage “Have you thought of Al-Lāt and al-ʻUzzā Manāt, the third, the other? “(28). These are the exalted gharāniq, whose intercession is hoped for. To most Westerners, The Satanic Verses conjure up images of […]
by JOHN FEFFER Photograph Source: CDC/Dr. Fred Murphy – Public Domain At a dinner party in mid-February, an architect told me that he was having a problem finishing his building projects. It was the carpets. Most […]