TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
When TransCanada announced at the start of the year that it that it was demanding compensation under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rules for the Obama administration’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline, many observers saw it as a sign of things to come. Indeed, critics of two pending trade deals—the Trans-Pacific Partnership Read More…
Hawai`i — Following Portugal’s model, Hawai`i could become the first state in the U.S. to decriminalize all drugs — including cocaine and even heroin. “[D]espite a longstanding policy that enforces illicit drug prohibition and imposes some of the world’s harshest penalties for drug possession and sales, illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing,” Read More…
Monsanto is quite possibly the world’s most hated company, but few know much of the history of this multi-national giant. “When a company claims its product improves on nature, many consumers happily declare the product an example of scientific progress. Equally powerful, though, is the inclination toward skepticism.” – Jesse Hicks This skepticism is the Read More…
Wikipedia defines transhumanism as “an international and intellectual movement that aims to transform the human condition by developing and creating widely available technologies to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities.” Transhumanism proposes to take the human race beyond its current physical and mental limitations, even its mortal status, and literally transcend the natural Read More…
The FBI wants to classify its new “alternate” method of unlocking the suspected San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, keeping it secret even from Apple itself, according to new reporting. The Guardian confirmed with government officials on Wednesday that the technique does enable the FBI to get into Syed Farook’s iPhone. That means the agency can back off from its Read More…
This Irish journalist persevered to get his answers from multiple bankers with avoidance issues. The exchange is definitely worth watching. Pay attention, world. Irish journalist Vincent Browne has figured out how to make bankers actually answer an honest question, and the exchange is worth a watch. In the video above, the journalist asks why the Read More…