Voices

• by Tracy Turner January 17 Update: Eaton/Palisades Fires $390+ Billion in Damage Do their red ties blind these politicians (Listed below), or are they not just enemies of California? Are they purveyors of a globalist agenda, a term used to describe a…
• Paul Craig Roberts Dear Friends, I am as tired of challenging and distressing news as you. Today there is a treat instead. The treat is “the Tall Texan,” the American pianist Van Cliburn playing Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto at the first Soviet…
• by Ellen Brown North Dakota is staunchly conservative, having voted Republican in every presidential election since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. So how is it that the state boasts the only state-owned bank in the nation? Has it secretly gone socialist? No.…
• Dr. Althea Mentes An Exposé of The Brain Police Mental health care has always been in conflict and dispute, struggling with deep-seated cultural perceptions, changing medical practices, and a growing tide of mighty industry profit. What is often…
• By David Swanson Like the Republican Party whose senators will make Pete Hegseth the next U.S. Secretary of War, Hegseth is a bad joke. The Democratic minority in the horribly unrepresentative Senate is a joke you might hear at an amateur mic night.…
• The real question in the 21st century is not "Are we living in a simulation?" but "Are we living in a prison?" Welcome to the Digital Matrix-a highly interconnected web of surveillance, AI, predictive analytics, and corporate greed that seeks to trap…
• Paul Craig Roberts I am being asked if the issuance by the dreadful Biden regime of a new package of sanctions against Russian oil exports are a gift to the incoming Trump presidency or a poisoned chalice. My answer is neither. The sanctions, if the…
• Cathy Smith The Sputnik/TASS Nature of Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and BBC It isn't just the digital news portals. You search Google and Bing for Activism, Dissidence, Truth to Power and you get an inner urban liquor store, donut shop and Burger King. The media…
• Fred Gransville Abstract The rapid urbanization of California's fire-prone zones, driven by large-scale land developments known as McMansionization, has resulted in significant ecological disruption, heightened wildfire risks, and undermining fire…
• by Tracy Turner Disaster Relief and Economic Stimulus: A Comparison of the 1986-1987 Earthquakes with the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires In 1986-1987, California had suffered three major earthquakes that caused immense destruction. The disasters led to the…