Saudi Arabia appoints first ever female CEO of major bank

Sally Fallon Morell has written a new book, published last month, titled Nourishing Fats: Why We Need Animal Fats for Health and Happiness. In a smoothly flowing 182 pages, she shows why saturated fat and cholesterol are not the villains they are made out to be. Parents of infants and young children will be drawn first to Chapter 8, “Remember the Little Ones: Why Children Need Animal Fats.” Beneath this title in the table of contents she writes: “Children need animal fats for normal growth and the development of their brains. But at the two-year checkup, doctors warn moms not … Continue reading →

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By Dr. Mercola Cannabis is a vastly underutilized therapeutic option that has been wrongly vilified by U.S. regulatory agencies. In this interview, Dr. Margaret Gedde, a Stanford-trained pathologist and award-winning researcher, discusses the therapeutic value of this plant. While initially focused on the conventional medical model, Gedde eventually transitioned over to holistic, drug-free health care in 2004. At present, she runs an alternative medical practice in Colorado, the home of medical marijuana, as it was one of the first states to widely legalize and apply it. Gedde specializes in the use of cannabis, especially for the use of pain, thereby … Continue reading →

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Q. What is a non-partisan? A. Someone who is not committed to any political party. The non-partisan in theory can observe political events neutrally, whereas a partisan tends to view matters from a particular perspective. Q. Did you vote in the last American election. A. No, I did not. I didn’t contribute to any political party and I received no money from any political party. Q. Is a coup d’état occurring in Washington, D.C. at this time? A. Yes, a coup is being attempted. It is a non-traditional coup. There are no troops or armed masses converging on the White … Continue reading →

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Less than six months ago, the eyes of the world were on the huge Olympic stadiums in Rio. Billions of dollars were spent on bringing the flagship sporting event to Brazil, with the overall cost estimated to be around $12billion. This was at a time when the Brazilian economy was in a huge recession, and state workers were being paid late, if at all. But now the Olympic legacy lies in ruins, new photos have revealed, with arenas crumbling and already falling into disrepair. In the aquatics centre, which was built as a temporary structure for the Games, the pool … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN released another presidential ranking over the weekend, their first since 2009, and predictably many of the worst abusers of executive power found their name at the top of the list—Lincoln, FDR, TR, Truman, LBJ, Obama, Wilson—while those that expressed some fealty to the Constitution are typically buried in the bottom half. Some of this was undoubtedly due to the methodology. The 122 historians surveyed were asked to rank the presidents based on the following criteria: “Public Persuasion,” “Crisis Leadership,” “Economic Management,” “Moral Authority,” “International Relations,” “Administrative Skills,” “Relations with Congress,” “Vision/Setting An Agenda,” “Pursued Equal Justice for All,” and … Continue reading →

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I think it is something of a miracle that despite the passing of some two thousand five hundred years, we are able to read words that reach out to us, words that not only move us, but make us to think about the most profound aspects of being human; I speak of the Ancient Greek play Antigone by Sophocles. Despite the centuries that separate us from the playwright, there is an immediacy in his magnificent words that haunt us still. And even if we cannot read the original language in which the play was written, there are powerful translations available … Continue reading →

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Review of John Marciano, The American War in Vietnam: Crime or Commemoration? (Monthly Review Press, 2016), 196 pgs., paperback. On May 16, 2012, President Obama announced a Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and the “more than 58,000 patriots” who died there. The Commemoration is sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the National Park Service and the Department of Defense. It will last for thirteen years until the 50th anniversary of the end of the conflict arrives in 2025. It will “sponsor thousands of activities over the next ten years, including concerts, educational curricula, school visits … Continue reading →

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My own view is that this planet is used as a penal colony, lunatic asylum and dumping ground by a superior civilisation, to get rid of the undesirable and unfit. I can’t prove it, but you can’t disprove it either. –        Christopher Hitchens* I will suggest this is certainly true for much of official Washington.  I can prove it. John McCain gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference (I can rest my case now, I think).  What is the Munich Security Conference? The Munich Security Conference is an annual conference on international security policy and has been taking place … Continue reading →

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Intelligence, or IQ, isn’t what you know, but rather the pace at which you acquire new information. Longitudinal studies have shown that IQ is fixed at an early age, so you’re stuck with what you’ve got. While IQ is far from being the only thing that determines success in life—research shows that it isn’t even the most important factor—a high IQ still isn’t a bad thing to have. In fact, I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t mind having one. “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” -Albert Einstein Most of us move through life never … Continue reading →

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—In 1947, the president of the United States, Harry Truman, decided: I’m going to create a snake and call it the CIA. Its watchword will be secrecy. It will collect secrets of our enemies and hold them secret and report the secrets to the president, who will decide what to do. Of course, the snake will remain under the president’s control. Its entire personality will be based on deception, but it will remain loyal to the president. No problem. Sure. I’m thankful for Charles Hollander’s challenging piece on Thomas Pynchon’s novel, The Crying of Lot 49: “Pynchon, JFK and the … Continue reading →

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In our first post in this two-part series on eye contact, we discussed the importance of eye contact and some of the reasons we don’t always feel comfortable looking someone in the eye. But just because eye contact is a great thing and a vital tool for improving the quality of all your face-to-face interactions with others, doesn’t mean that more eye contact is always better or that all eye contact is created equal. You have to do it right—at the right time and in the right way. How to do that is what we’ll be exploring today. We’ll start … Continue reading →

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It all depends on what you think of the china shop. If you believe it is a neat, ordered operation, providing beautiful and necessary things for discerning and deserving people, then you will like it—and be fearful of any bull that might be sniffing at the door. If on the other hand, you regard it as a worn out, dated collection of obsolete knick-knacks that have long since lost their value and are merely gathering dust, then you won’t mind what the bull will do or how clumsily he does it. Washington—the political establishment—is that china shop.  And you know … Continue reading →

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Defence Secretary James Mattis says US military not in Iraq ‘to seize anybody’s oil’

Despite remarks by Defense Secretary James Mattis, US presence in Iraq is aimed at ‘stealing oil,’ an analyst says.