Biological Warfare

By Grace Taverna If you can, please donate to Charleston Shield or to one of the bail funds working to help the folks on the ground I’m genuinely worried about the reality of the second Covid wave being ushered forth by current events. I fully support the protests (obviously). Our…

News & commentary by Dave Maxwell. Edited and published by Ahyoung Shin. 1. World war 3: Kim Jong-un boasts of ability to launch immediate nuclear attacks 2. N. Korea's nuclear weapons are immediately launchable, experts say 3. Bureau 39 - Kim's cash machine | This week on FOUR CORNERS 4. S. Korea 'well aware' of…

Proving Ground ©David Maisel David Maisel’s monograph Proving Ground (published by Radius Books and co-published with Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art) investigates Dugway Proving Ground, a U.S. Army facility established in 1943, located in the Utah desert, 85 miles from Salt Lake City. The term “Proving Ground” specifies an…

“Only last year,” said Dominic Cummings at his press conference, “I wrote explicitly about the danger of coronaviruses.” Except he didn’t. In April this year he re-edited an old blog post to make it look like he’d anticipated the coronavirus pandemic.  On the face of it, it’s just another bizarre detail…

Examining the introduction of communism to Cuba over 60 years ago, and the revolution’s survival despite large-scale American attacks, one can conclude these occurrences would likely not have been possible without the involvement of Fidel Castro, the country’s former head of state. The Cuban revolutionary performed a central role in…

Subscribe to the FREE #1 Natural Health Newsletter 1 Which of the following owns the equity firm that manages Gannett, the largest media company in the U.S. with more than 260 dailies, including USA Today, under their umbrella? Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation SoftBank (Tokyo, Japan) In…

In the summer of 1941, as the Nazi German blitzkrieg rolled over the Russian Red Army defenses at the embattled city of Leningrad, today once more St. Petersburg, a short, squat figure with pale blue eyes, cherubic face, and gray-blond hair stood erect atop a parapet, seemingly oblivious to the…

Lawrence Wright’s pandemic thriller The End of October BY Lawrence Wright. New York: Knopf. 400 pages. $27. Aside from being in poor taste, exchanging high-fives is no doubt a clumsy business on Zoom, which is presumably how Alfred A. Knopf’s marketing team does its conferring these days. Even so, they…

It​ starts with bone-shivering chills, which give way to a high fever. The attacks last between six and twelve hours, and end in profuse sweating. When the chills and fever subside, they leave behind an enveloping fatigue. But the relief may not last long. The symptoms can cycle back again,…

Is language a pestilence? Are bad ideas contagious? Is there safety in numbers? Are emotions dangerous? Or will they keep us going? Is the species frail? Is the species resilient and brave? Are we driven by prejudice and suspicion? Or can we put aside our grievances? Is love a disease?…