It is downright puzzling that millions of people aren’t protesting in the streets every day to deescalate the crisis between Russia and the West and pull civilization back from the brink. CHRIS WRIGHT Common Dreams of June 9, 2024 The world is at its most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962….
Chris Hedges says that watching the following documentary (below, called “Cowspiracy”) convinced him to become a vegan. Apparently his conern for the fate of mankind (no joke) inspired him to make this change, but he adds, “and it’s good for you too.” Here’s a brief excerpt from the narration of the documentary: “In 2009…
I’ve been reading a fascinating new book by Professor Avi Loeb, the Baird Professor of Science and Institute director at Harvard University. In the book, called Interstellar, Loeb discusses the possibility of hearing from extraterrestrial civilizations. This morning, in the wee hours, I sent him this email: Dear Doctor Loeb: I’ve just started reading your…
Jimmy Kimmel tonight got uproarious laughter from his audience when he mocked the lackluster announcement by the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that they have now moved the second hand of their Doomsday Clock to within 90 seconds of midnight (destruction of our civilization by nuclear war or…
BY ANDREW BACEVICH Reprinted with permission from TomDispatch.com Dear Mr. President: I send greetings from the other side — and no, I don’t mean the other side of the aisle. I refer to the place where old politicians go to make amends for their sins. Apart from our shared Catholicism and affinity for…