The Death of the Shadow
Todd Hayen
Recently my sister gave me an article written in a weekly magazine that the El Convento Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico printed back in 1963. The little magazine...
Welcome to the Age of Abstraction
Sinéad Murphy
The UK Metereological Office has just reported that we have enjoyed the hottest May on record. Meanwhile, those of us who have lived in the UK during May have...
WATCH: The Future of Food
We all know the problems of the modern factory farming system. But, as bad as things are, they’re about to get even worse. New technologies are coming online that...
Damage is a Given
Sylvia Shawcross
The heavy rains are rich with life in the Spring. Even when the lilacs have died and the wafting scent of lily-of-the-valley has faded. Summer will come very soon,...
What’s Next for Battlefield America? Israel’s High-Tech Military Tactics Point the Way
John & Nisha Whitehead
“I did not know Israel was capturing or recording my face. [But Israel has] been watching us for years from the sky with their drones. They have been watching us...
DISCUSS: The EU Elections and the “Rise of the Far Right”
The so-called “biggest election year of all time” is progressing nicely. Among others, Russia, India, Mexico are done – while Britain, the US and Iran are yet to come....
WATCH: The Fight for Health Freedom Continues – #SolutionsWatch
After years of build-up and anticipation, the 77th World Health Assembly has come and gone. So, what did the would-be lords of global health gavel down on? And what...
AUDIO: Kit Knightly on Reality Check Radio
Join OffG editor Kit Knightly for the first of his monthly chats with Paul Brennan on Reality Check Radio’s Breakfast Show. Kit and Paul talk about the UK Election,...
AI and Commercial Music
Todd Hayen
Del Bigtree recently devoted a segment on his popular program, The Highwire, on the advent of AI in commercial music. Del created a theme song for The Highwire on one of many AI...
Whistling in the Dark
Sylvia Shawcross
In the morning, the bobolink sings. It always heartens me—listening to the morning chorus of creatures waking up to the sun singing. Imagine. When was the last time any...
SPIEF ’24 – Multipolar World Order converges on St. Petersburg to take PCR tests & chat about sustainable development
Riley Waggaman
It’s happening. Again. It happens every year, unfortunately. I am of course referring to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is an annual gathering of the world’s most...
Sars-Cov2 Origins – “Gain of Function” or “Claim of Function”?
Martin Neil & Jonathan Engler
“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” Richard P. Feynman A thorough review of the available evidence suggests that the emergence...
Get Up, Stand Up, Don’t Give Up the Fight: Know Your Rights or You Will Lose Them
John & Nisha Whitehead
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” Thomas Jefferson If America’s schools are...
WATCH: The Rwandan Genocide Is A Lie
Everyone has heard of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. But everything you have heard about the so-called “hundred days” is either a distortion, a misrepresentation or a downright lie....
If The Wars Go On
Edward Curtin
I suppose my title could have been couched in the singular form, as Hermann Hesse, the Nobel Prize winning German/Swiss author, did with his collection of anti-war essays about...
Better Than…
Todd Hayen
It seems that the concept of “better than . . .” has completely left the human experience. And wow, what a big deal that is! I mean the entire...
“Nothing About Us Without Us” – An Open Letter
World Health Organization WHO Headquarters in Geneva Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Attention: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO Dear Sir, This is a citizens’ sign-on, on the...
From COVID-19 to Campus Protests: How the Police State Muzzles Free Speech
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Politicians of both parties want to use the power of government to silence their foes. Some in the university community seek to drive it from their campuses. And an...
Fire in the Soul: Nick Lyons
Edward Curtin
With lilacs in the dooryard blooming a week ago, I was struck by a sense of synchronicity so strong that I stood stone still and sniffed the air for...
The norm-deviation tolerance test for authoritarianism
Johan Eddebo
If you think about it, you know perfectly well what you’re allowed to say. You know what most people will nod in agreement with, and what, on the other...
