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Brace Yourselves: A Tsunami Approaches
John & Nisha Whitehead
“What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to...
The Evolution of Convenience
Todd Hayen
Are humans headed for extinction? When we stop evolving both physically and psychologically, where will we be? It is...
A flare for the traumatic
Sylvia Shawcross
It was too cold. That’s all I’m saying. It has been a long and rather temperate summer and these...
Disinformation Isn’t the Problem. Government Coverups and Censorship Are the Problem
John & Nisha Whitehead
“What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed;...
Social Pathology
Todd Hayen
We, as a society, are rotting away, and most people don’t even know it, and if they do, they...
Only Whales should be in Pods
Sylvia Shawcross
And so, I had my cup of coffee and the cat was fed and the morning looked grimly cloudy...
There Be Dragons
Todd Hayen
I’ve lived most of my long life asleep. I was 8 years old when JFK was assassinated. It wasn’t...
“Overthrowing the Constitution”: All Sides Are Waging War on Our Freedoms
John & Nisha Whitehead
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but...
It’s All About the Story
Todd Hayen
I am beginning to realize it is a dangerous assumption to think that people actually want to know the...
The New Normal Right
CJ Hopkins
OK, this will be one of my non-satirical essays … or mostly non-satirical essays. It will serve as a...
Remember when Matt Taibbi Called 9/11 Truthers “Hopelessly Stupid”?
VN Alexander
I came out as a truther in 2015 with my 9/11 novel, Locus Amoenus. It wasn’t an easy decision. I...
Children of Big Brother: What It Means to Go Back-to-School in the American Police State
John & Nisha Whitehead
“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in...
Why It Matters
Todd Hayen
I have always considered myself a rather apolitical person, even to the point where I didn’t bother myself with...
Self Reliance
Todd Hayen
I was first introduced to the brilliance of Ralph Waldo Emerson when studying the principles of Science of Mind over...
The Joy of Defiance
Todd Hayen
Born free, as free as the wind blows. As free as the grass grows. Born free to follow your...
Of Cabbages and Things
Sylvia Shawcross
Now, I was looking at the cabbage. It was $7.29. It is true. The cabbage, a tiny little thing...
WATCH: The Rings of Prime – Sound and fury, signifying nothing
J R Leach
As the global machine steamrolls through entertainment at the same relentless pace as it does everything else, we invite...
Hanging by a Thread
Todd Hayen
It is quite amazing how close people are to serious mental illness. What is serious mental illness? Suicidal depression,...
The Turn of the Screw
Todd Hayen
Remember when you were a kid and saw “thumbscrew torture” for the first time in some late-night horror film?...
Project Total Control: Everything Is a Weapon When Totalitarianism Is Normalized
John & Nisha Whitehead
“The biggest mistake I see is people waiting for A Big Sign that’ll tell them that things have gone...