Amusing Ourselves to Death: Huxley vs Orwell vs Katy Perry
Aldous Huxley and his former student George Orwell wrote arguably the two most popular novels portending the West’s dystopian future. For decades, thinkers have opined on which of…
Bolsonaro wins Brazil election, promises to purge leftists from country
Bolsonaro supporters celebrate outside his home in Rio de Janeiro after exit polls on Oct. 28 declared him the preliminary winner of…
Terror isn’t always a weapon of the weak – it can also support the powerful
A memorial vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue where a shooter killed 11 and wounded…
There is a Fascist in the White House – VOTE Blue on Nov 6. to STOP him
‘Hate acts follow hate speech’ On Monday in one of his rallies Trump came out of the closet as a Nationalist and proud…
People’s vote on Brexit: everyone seems to be missing this key point
EPA Joseph Lacey, University College Dublin Remainers continue to push for a people’s vote on the government’s Brexit deal and, of course, they have a point. How exactly…
Arms and influence in the Khashoggi affair
President Donald Trump shows a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia. AP Photo/Evan Vucci Russell E. Lucas, Michigan State University President…
In the end, it was Khashoggi’s ‘friends’ who silenced him
People, including the activist group Code Pink, hold signs at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia during a protest about the disappearance of…
Wonderful Copenhagen becomes the Worlds first Carbon Neutral Capital by 2025
Photo: Kontraframe Video from World Economic Forum Article main source: https://international.kk.dk/ Copenhagens Ambitious Goals The City of Copenhagen has set itself ambitious…
Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil would be a disaster for the Amazon and global climate change
Antonio Scorza / Shutterstock Ed Atkins, University of Bristol It is perhaps a cruel irony that, on the same day the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a…
Nobel award recognizes how economic forces can fight climate change
William Nordhaus argues markets can help curb climate change. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, University…
