Hurricane Mathew vs. Shock and Awe of Empire | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2016 On Friday, Oct. 7, we were awaiting the hurricane named Mathew that was fast approaching Daytona Beach, Florida. My wife and I ...

Being the smartest kid in your class can be a problem | Mickey Z.

Louis Sergent, 16, Lejunior, Kentucky. Sept. 13, 1946. Russell Lee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2016 In the third grade, our teacher asked us what we ...

Internal Watchdog Blasts EPA's Egregious Delay on Flint Emergency Order | Deirdre Fulton

Susan Hedman, the former EPA region 5 director, stepped down earlier this year. (Photo: Flint Journal) The EPA 'had the authority and sufficient information' to issue such an order as early as June 2 ...

The Importance of Public Education | Emanuele Corso

Photo by Michael Kordahi. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Sept. 28, 2016 "Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.” So said Aristotle and likewise a number o ...

Why are teens and pre-teens always on their phones? The answers will blow you away. | Mickey Z.

Tween Cell Phone Texting. By Carissa Rogers. Flickr/(CC BY 2.0) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 12, 2016 It ain’t exactly The Breakfast Club, but imagine a classroom filled with 12- or 13-year-ol ...

What 'Who Took Johnny' can teach us about filmmaking, 'sex' trafficking, and missing children | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 30, 2016 “Most of the films we make are about people fighting for what they believe in against incredible odds. Who Took Johnny is one of th ...

Why are men stronger than women? The answer may surprise you | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 29, 2015 Recently, a group of Aymara women amazed the world by doing something unexpected. They not only took on the 19,974-foot high Huayna Potosi Mountain in Boli ...

Has Tumblr mainstreamed misogyny and rape culture? | Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 16, 2015 “Have you (men) ever wondered why we (women) are not just in armed combat against you? It’s not because there’s a shortage of kitchen knives in this countr ...

Beat Writer Pedophiles and the White Male Leftists Who Love Them | Mickey Z.

William S. Burroughs. By Christiaan Tonnis (flickr) CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 5, 2015 Rattling liberals is something I excel at without even trying, parti ...

What’s In A Name | Emanuele Corso

Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Nov. 10, 2015 There is in our society a long tradition of calling certain things by names other than what they are, deliberately offsetting their true function and ...

Patriarchy, Black Listing, and the Language of Birth | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. (Interview with Mary Lou Singleton) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 11, 2015 “I desire nothing more than the abolition of gender and the final smashing of the patriarchy.” ...