A Pox On You
By William H Harriss The Immortal Bard, otherwise known as William Shakespeare, is an easily recognizable figure no matter where you go. Four hundred years after his death, his phrase is still used. This is the new frightening story of…
Rabbits and baby bunnies in my garden – Oh my! Martin
By Melissa Martin What critter ate the leaves off my pepper plants? I’m assuming it was the large rabbit I spied sitting in my garden and/or the five baby bunnies that dashed out of my flower bed. This is the…
Why did places of worship cave during COVID-19? MARTIN
By Melissa Martin Hindsight is 20/20. In the beginning of the pandemic, I was afraid and therefore easily duped, but also confused as to why places of worship were closed by government mandates, but liquor stores and Walmart stores remained…
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR:) Connecting the dots, Martin
By Melissa Martin The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR:) Connecting the dots It’s interesting when you find the same power people are here and there and everywhere in the circle of political influence around the globe. When you watch the…
Food Security: From talk to action – Basil Springer Column (May 16, 2022)
“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.” – Matthew 15:8: St. Lucian Nobel Prize winner Sir Arthur Lewis posited (circa 1950) that “… in the…
Octave Studios
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Grab a glass of champagne! Octave Studio is up and running. After months of construction, wiring, adjusting, and hair pulling (not to mention years of planning), we’re finally recording in the new studio. The…
The People’s Summit for Democracy Offers a Progressive Vision to Counter U.S. Dominance in the Region
By Sheila Xiao and Manolo De Los Santos / Globetrotter In a recent interview, Brian Nichols, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, was asked the question that is on everyone’s mind ahead of the June 2022…
Mainstream media puppets – you decide, Martin
By Melissa Martin Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” –Jim Morrison New York Times, Washington Post, Time Magazine – mainstream media puppets or not? Fact or fiction? Truth or false? As reported on the website of The Spectrum in an op-ed article by…
The U.S. unilateral sanctions against Russia will produce a global food disaster
By John Ross / Globetrotter “There is really no true solution to the problem of global food security without bringing back the agriculture production of Ukraine and the food and fertilizer production of Russia and Belarus into world markets despite…
The Human Mania for Roadbuilding Is a Threat to the Great Apex Predator Species
Tigers and leopards are among the 10 apex predators most threatened by the world’s roads. By Jeffrey Dunnink / Independent Media Institute Designed for speed and efficiency, roadways across the globe are effectively killing wildlife whose futures are intrinsically linked…
