Let’s talk about…California Wildfires
Editor
Unprecedented wildfires have swept the Los Angeles area over the last few days, destroying neighbourhoods and threatening landmarks. The BBC is helpfully keeping a running tally of the number...
Where Have All the Lanternflies Gone?
Michael Lesher Remember the spotted lanternfly? Barely a year ago, this colorful winged insect was supposed to be a harbinger of national disaster. Native to China but increasingly visible...
This pro-mask “study” is why you should NEVER “Trust the Science”
Kit Knightly
Last week it was reported that the Australian state of Victoria may be considering “permanent” facemask mandates to achieve “zero-Covid”. Now, we don’t need to get into the personal...
First, Do No Harm
Todd Hayen Medical doctors. Ya gotta love ‘em, and ya gotta hate ‘em. From Norman Rockwell’s iconic Saturday Evening Post portrait of the idyllic American doctor, to the Nazi’s...
This Week in the New Normal #46
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal (or in this case “The past two weeks in the new normal”) is our (mostly)...
This Week in the New Normal #30
Our successor to This Week in the Guardian, This Week in the New Normal is our weekly chart of the progress of autocracy, authoritarianism and economic restructuring around the...
Letter to the California Legislature
Margaret Anna Alice “Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common...
Old Mortality: How the Corona Coup Tortures the Elderly – and Everybody Else
Michael Lesher I want to report a crime. Here are the facts: About a year ago, my 85-year-old mother was kidnapped by a gang of charlatans and dragged off...
WATCH: Perspectives on the Pandemic #6
When Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Antin Massihi held a press conference on April 22nd about the results of testing they conducted at their urgent care facilities around Bakersfield,...
The Great Chinese Bat Flu Panic of 2020
CJ Hopkins Pray for me, my friends, because I have the flu. No, not the Chinese Bat Flu, or Pangolin Flu, or Covid-19, or Coronavirus, or whatever it’s called...
