John Pilger: The Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism - Julian Assange and Others

Glowing praise from the man himself, not just for Assange but for other worthies as well. An Unpalatable Truth The Martha Gellhorn Prize for...

Preparing for a zombie invasion, and attracting interest in preparedness

We all know it’s important to be prepared for emergencies like tornadoes, winter storms and earthquakes. But what about a zombie apocalypse?...

Julian Assange Wins Martha Gellhorn Journalism Prize

In a roundabout way, Assange reminds me of Spencer Tunick, He does his thing all over the world without any problem, everybody turns up and...

Global War On Drugs a Failure

One trillion dollars later. Global war on drugs 'a failure' High-level panel declares international anti-drug measures a failure and...

Pravda on NATO-Libya

Don't you just love it when Ivan takes the high moral ground? Well I don't suppose the writer, Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey is all that ...

USA: ''Apart from killing people, we really don't do anything anymore''

The header included, there's not much I could argue with in this Mike Whitney article. One thing that did catch my eye, but which might ...

More TSA Molestation

Although the video is embeddable, I shall just offer a link. Not unusually in cases like this, the comments are just as interesting as the f...

Hoovering

You can find out much more about these fabulous art deco buildings at the inimitable English Buildings blog, but I couldn't resist putti...

Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part V

Non-industrial diets from a food reward perspective In 21st century affluent nations, we have unprecedented control over what food crosses o...