Commentary

By: Breaking The Silence Many people are feeling a pause, like the quiet before the storm.  The huge intake of breath that is held in anticipation, with a quickening of the pulse that is the […]

By Ron Paul Last week Ukraine saw its worst violence since the break-up of the Soviet Union over 20 years ago. Protesters occupying the main square in the capitol city, Kiev, clashed with police leaving […]

by James H. Kunstler It’s nerve-wracking to live in the historical moment of an epic turning point, especially when the great groaning garbage barge of late industrial civilization doesn’t turn quickly where you know it […]

By Dr. Gary G. Kohls     “Slavery is the legal fiction that a person is property. Corporate personhood is the legal fiction that property is a person.” –– Anonymous In 2010 the NeoConservative, pro-corporate, […]

by James Howard Kunstler So, now we are threatening to start World War Three because Russia is trying to control the chaos in a failed state on its border — a state that our own […]

Source: Le Café Américain “There’s a new isolationism,” Kerry said during a nearly one-hour discussion with a small group of reporters. “We are beginning to behave like a poor nation,” he added, saying some Americans […]

When I first did research on Walmart’s workplace practices in the early 2000s, I came away convinced that Walmart was the most egregiously ruthless corporation in America. However, ten years later, there is a strong challenger for this […]

By Michael Snyder Do you want solid proof that paid government shills are targeting websites, blogs, forums and social media accounts?  For years, many have suspected that government trolls have been systematically causing havoc all […]

By The Burning Platform “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an […]

by Charles Hugh Smith The erosion of community in America has been a topic of discussion and concern for decades, most notably in Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000) by Robert […]