Why stereo?
From Paul McGowan, PS Audio In an age where multi-channel receivers and equipment can be easily had, why do we stay with only two speakers? Some of us have been around long enough to remember the days of Quadraphonic sound….
Don’t Blame Government Benefits for Inflation—Blame the Modern Economy
By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media Institute Headlines are screaming that inflation is here to stay. Consumer prices have risen by an average of 6.2 percent in the past year, the sharpest increase since 1991. Although Americans are supposedly—in the words of the New York…
Les Paul
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio Modern music and the art of recording have much to thank the musician, Les Paul for. Lester William Polsfuss was born in 1915 and lived to the ripe old age of 94. He was…
Seeing Vs. Hearing
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio When it comes to capturing and reproducing dynamic range, audio has visual beat by a wide margin. The human ear is capable of about 140dB of dynamic range—the same as a 32-bit digital audio capture….
Insight: We’re not being alarmist – The dangers we face are real
By Dr Anne Gallagher, Director-General of the Commonwealth Foundation, From Tribune242 SMALL island states are experiencing global warming in ways that most of us can barely imagine. From the Pacific to the Caribbean, these tiny nations, already highly vulnerable, are…
One Way Street
By Paul McGowan From PS Audio If you freeze bread and then toast it, the results are marvelous. Crunchy on the outside and soft and pliable on the inside. Try reversing the process and the results are more than disappointing….
Why is the U.S. fueling the November 15 Cuba protests?
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde / Globetrotter On September 20, letters began to arrive at eight Cuban municipal or provincial government headquarters announcing the holding of “peaceful” marches on November 15 by a group called Archipiélago. The motivation for these marches was a call…
Should humans try to modify the amount of sunlight the Earth receives?
Managing solar radiation through technology is possible, but there are ethical and political concerns. By Daniel Ross / Independent Media Institute Desperate times call for desperate measures, as the saying goes. As scientists, policymakers and politicians keep one increasingly startled…
Vaccinated elders reflect on pandemic travel– BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN (OCTOBER 18, 2021)
“The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.” – Proverbs 16:9 Three weeks ago in this column, I shared a story about how we as vaccinated elders managed the outward journey (Trinidad to Barbados) of our…
How the wealthiest countries schemed to avoid economic commitments at COP26
The G20, an exclusive club of mostly wealthy nations, met just before the COP26 in Glasgow and paid little more than lip service to the world’s leading problems, while preserving their own financial dominance. By Sonali Kolhatkar / Independent Media…






