Cigarettes (and snowballs) can be hazardous to your health —Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 10, 2021 If you’ve been following any of my stories — from juvenile delinquency to street activism — you know by now that confrontations and interactions with the ...

4 Ways Thinking About Death Will Improve Your Life — Mickey Z.

(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 8, 2021 “The future’s uncertain and the end is always near.” (The Doors) “We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us l ...

COVID Cut Average Lifespan Nearly A Decade In Parts Of US | Jessica Wolf

Credit: Oliver Chien/UCLA International Institute Aug. 7, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- At its peak, COVID-19 drastically reduced the average human lifespan -- by as much as nine years in one U.S. state -- ...

The Truth About Amy Cooper (Hint: She’s not the “Karen” in this story) — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 5, 2021 It’s been more than a year but I’m guessing each of you could still recite a basic description of the “Central Park Karen”: A privileged white woman called ...

The Future Is A Landscape | John Michael Greer

Aug. 4, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- I’ve been reflecting of late about the way that our habitual expectations about change blind us to the way that change actually happens. One of the most important of t ...

The Politics of Cheering and Booing: On Palestine, Solidarity and the Tokyo Olympics | Ramzy Baroud

The flag of Palestine was carried into the 2016 Olympics by a Palestinian woman. (Photo: via Twitter) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 4, 2021 When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five ath ...

Vaccines, Variants, and Vilification— Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 3, 2021 I tried listening to some podcasts the other day, but every one of them — regardless of their general theme — chose to focus on “vaccine hesitancy.” None o ...

How the Bobos Broke America | David Brooks

Illustration by Kimberly Elliott The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction. Aug. 2, 20 ...

Reminder: The U.S. Gov’t Lies, Manipulates, and Kills Without Remorse — Mickey Z.

Via alfassa.com Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 1, 2021 On July 25, 1990, Saddam Hussein entertained a guest at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie. She tol ...

The CDC revokes PCR testing. What does that say about the Covid count? — Mickey Z.

Mickey Z. — World News Trust July 29, 2021 Please allow me to introduce a brief recap before I get to the latest news. I've already told you how and why the Covid rules make no sense and should not b ...

The Wars of the Roses | John Michael Greer

July 21, 2021 (EcoSophia.net) -- At this point in our survey of the magical history of America, we’ve reached the period that can fairly be called the golden age of American occultism. It’s a little ...