If and when we finally encounter aliens, they probably won't look like little green men, or spiny insectoids. It's likely they won't be biological creatures at all, but rather, advanced robots that outstrip our intelligence in every conceivable
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.org-Paul Craig Roberts
Letter from a reader:
I wish I could visit Cuba while it's still Cuba, even though poor they have better medical care than the US. The first thing that will happen when the US starts doing business, the old cars will disappear.
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.org-Paul Craig Roberts
The gangsters who run the US financial system have determined opponents. Among them are Elizabeth Warren, Nomi Prins, Pam and Russ Martens, Michael Hudson, and David Stockman.
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.org-Paul Craig Roberts
On occasion a reader will ask if I can give readers some good news. The answer is: not unless I lie to you like "your" government and the mainstream media do.
When I was 11, I witnessed a murder. Ten years later, in 1982 I became a cop. Honestly, I became a cop because I thought it would be interesting, I didn't have to sit in an office, and I actually thought I would be helping people. I believed that- I
There seemed to be a rather desperate theme running through much of the commentary around this year's Thanksgiving celebration – a heartfelt giving of thanks for how great this country is.
Who is a hero? In today's America, it is someone who chooses a military career, puts on a uniform, and prepares for war. Placing soldiers and veterans on this kind of pedestal is a relatively new phenomenon. Past generations of Americans saw soldie
SAN FRANCISCO--I took the ferry from Pier 33 on San Francisco's Embarcadero to Alcatraz. I stepped onto the island from the gangway, walked up the hill to the old prison entrance and was given a portable audio guide.
We all know how bad Facebook is. It's a data mining site for the government's total information awareness campaign. They track your every move online, even when you are signed out of your account.
I recently returned from a missionary trip to Asia. I flew out of Jacksonville , Florida to Dallas. I flew from Dallas to Hong Kong, from Hong Kong to Manila, and then from Manila to my final destination somewhere else in the Philippines.
Comedian Russell Brand tells Channel 4 News why he is supporting tenants at the New Era estate who fear their rent could be increased after a takeover by a US property company.
• http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Walter E. Williams
In the medical profession, there is the admonition primum non nocere, the Latin expression for "first, do no harm." In order not to do harm, at the minimum, requires accurate diagnostics.
I have been thinking of what to say about the situation in Ferguson. As a Christian, as a black, as a woman that grew up middle-class between Detroit and Atlanta, I have many different experiences to form a perspective on the situation.
The place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness.
• http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com-Mike S.
I received an interesting email the Wednesday before Thanksgiving from Steen Jakobsen, chief economist for Saxo bank, regarding his macro picture of the world.
• http://original.antiwar.com-Jonathan S. and Tom E.
Introduction, Sunday, November 24, 2014: When I scanned the front page of the New York Times one recent morning and spotted this headline, "In a Shift, Obama Extends U.S. Role in Afghan Combat," I instantly wanted to pick up the phone. It was an
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