Edward Abbey: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
Who was Edward Abbey? Edward Abbey was a firebrand of a writer, a renegade desert rat with an anarchist’s heart, a part-time … Continue readingEdward Abbey: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
The Great Reset: Global Government & Digital Currency by 2030?
According to Wikipedia, The Great Reset Initiative is an economic recovery plan drawn up by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project was launched
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What Makes a Friendship Last Forever?
Jamie Ducharme in Time Magazine: There are many flavors of friendship. Most U.S. adults say they have pals who fit into specific niches in their lives, like gym friends or work friends. These
The New Breadline: Hunger and Hope in the 21st Century
by Adele A. Wilby at 3 Quarks Daily: Many decades ago, I was fortunate to have had the opportunity of living in India for several years. I was enthralled by
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Telegram Creator Pavel Durov Used his Talents to Create a Russian Facebook, Organize College Beauty Contests, and Help Classmates Cheat on Exams
by Andrew Ryvkin at Air Mail: Pavel Durov, the Russian enfant terrible who created Telegram, the notorious messaging app, is not easily pegged. French authorities arrested him last week, claiming
A “42 Billion Dollar Begging Industry!”
by Syed Muzammil on YouTube: The huge begging network in Pakistan –claimed to be worth about $42 billion annually, prospers despite anti-begging laws amid absence of ‘rule of law’. Some
How Folktales Unsettle Us Into Thinking Anew
by Abigail Tulenko in Aeon Magazine: The Hungarian folktale Pretty Maid Ibronka terrified and tantalised me as a child. In the story, the young Ibronka must tie herself to the
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How ‘Tranny’ Became a Slur
by River Page at The Free Press: “I hope to have a few girls one day,” said the actress. “If not girls, they’d better be trannies. Because I have some
How a Group of Chocolate-Making Spanish Nuns, a Mixologist, and a Former Vatican Ambassador are Trying to Make Catholicism Great Again
By Marta Represa at Air Mail: The Poor Clare nuns of the Belorado Monastery in the Spanish region of Burgos have always been known for one thing: their mojito chocolates,
What Science Can and Can’t Tell us About Cheating Ageing
Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers in Nature: We are born; we grow up; we become an adult and perhaps reproduce. Then we might increasingly develop ailments or chronic diseases, before we
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Are Our Worldviews Structured by Language?
by James McElvenny at Aeon Magazine: Anyone who has learned a second language will have made an exhilarating (and yet somehow unsettling) discovery: there is never a one-to-one correspondence in