We Finally Know Why the NRA Didn’t Stand with Philando Castile After a Cop...
Topics: American Society and Culture(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — Over the past month, many have wondered why the NRA took so long to offer any kind of statement on the shooting of Philando Castile by Officer...
View ArticleWhy Post 2000 Movies Are So Bad - Bog Ager (07/21/2017)
Topics: American Society and CultureHere is why so few good movies are made anymore.For an article version of this video go here.
View ArticleWhen We Can No Longer Tell the Truth... - Charles Hugh Smith (07/25/2017)
Topics: American Society and CultureLies, half-truths and cover-ups are all manifestations of fatal weakness.When we can no longer tell the truth because the truth will bring the whole rotten, fragile...
View ArticleA Look at the origins of the John Birch Society in the 1950’s and Today’s...
Topics: American Society and CultureLast night I was live on The Ochelli effect to follow up on a conversation we started last week about the far-right in the United States in the past and today. To...
View ArticleThe Violence in Charlottesville - Jeffrey Tucker (08/14/2017)
Topics: American Society and CultureThe Violence in CharlottesvilleThe vast majority of people in the United States have no interest whatsoever in street battles between the alt-right (better described...
View ArticlePowerlessness and Consumerism - Charles Hugh Smith (08/15/2017)
Topics: American Society and CultureConsumerism is a simulacrum of real economic agency.There is perhaps no better metric of class in America than personal power--what is known as agency: the power to...
View ArticleCharlottesville: Race and Terror – VICE News (08/15/2017)
Topics: American Society and CultureOn Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally. By...
View ArticleWe Need a Social Revolution - Charles Hugh Smith (08/25/2017)
Topics: American Society and CultureGovernments and corporations cannot restore social connectedness and balance to our lives.In the conventional view, there are two kinds of revolutions: political and...
View ArticleBeware the "The Cultural Civil War" Narrative: You're Being Played - Charles...
Topics: American Society and CultureThere is always common ground for those who dare to seek it.Remember the "Russians hacked our election!" hysteria--or have you already forgotten? That entire...
View ArticleRobocop Reality: Massive Military Drones Could Start Replacing Police...
Topics: American Society and Culture(ANTIMEDIA) — According to the defense contractor that developed the Predator and Reaper drones for the United States military’s operations in the Middle East,...
View ArticleHave We Lost the Ability to Adapt to Rapidly Changing Circumstances? -...
Topics: American Society and CultureSuccessful adaptation requires a willingness to accept the risks of experimentation, innovation, flexibility and failure.The idea that the pace of change in...
View ArticleFBI, DOJ Eye Russian Media Outlets as 'Foreign Agents' - The Real News...
Topics: American Society and CultureThe US Justice Department and FBI are scrutinizing the Russian state-owned Sputnik and RT networks as potential 'foreign agents,' raising questions of press freedom,...
View ArticleRetail Relics: Pocket Power | The Wizard Special Nintendo Power Issue -...
Topics: American Society and CultureLet's take a look at a special issue of Nintendo Power magazine from 1989!
View ArticleHey Advertisers: The Data-Mining Emperor Has No Clothes - Charles Hugh Smith...
Topics: American Society and CultureWhen a big advertiser pulls its online adverts and its sales remain unchanged, that tells everyone who's paying attention something important.It's an article of...
View ArticleAre Facebook and Google the New Colonial Powers? - Charles Hugh Smith...
Topics: American Society and CultureTo qualify as colonial powers, Facebook and Google must effectively limit the choices and power of users, and punish or coerce those who question or resist their...
View ArticleStop Wrapping the Flag Around Pro Sports - Ryan McMaken (09/27/2017)
Topics: American Society and CultureDesperate to fill hours and hours of air time on 24-hour news channels, media corporations have made sure the discussion of the correct posture of National Football...
View ArticleNew Report Finally Exposes Congress’ Secret Weapon for Insider Trading -...
Topics: American Society and Culture(ANTIMEDIA) Washington, D.C. — It’s rare that we get a glimpse into how the machine actually operates, but POLITICO just gave us one. The findings of an...
View ArticleSteve Wynn talks security measures at his casinos - KNTV (10/03/2017)
Topics: American Society and Culture"My company has metal detectors and devices at every entrance of the building for employees and guests that are non-visible to the public. We have done extraordinary...
View ArticleFraud, Exploitation and Collusion: America's Pharmaceutical Industry -...
Topics: American Society and CultureThe rot within manifested by the pharmaceutical industry almost defies description.The theme this week is The Rot Within.What other industry can routinely kill...
View ArticlePeter Weller Explains Why Robocop Became a Phenom and Why it Matters...
Topics: American Society and CultureAin't It Cool News brought Peter Weller to Austin for a special double feature showing of Star Trek Into Darkness and Robocop. Throughout the day Peter Weller talked...
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