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Joie de Vivre: Reclaiming a Positive Vision in Troubled Times

Not recognizing the magic of the present moment may just be a crime against our humanity. In my recent article, From Personal Development to Human Development, I explored the imbalance between our inner growth and society’s relentless focus on external…

NYC Mayoral Campaign: Zohran Mamdani’s Challenges

Zohran Mamdani faces multiple significant challenges in his bid to become New York City’s mayor. Here’s a list of them. There will be more in the coming days. In my opinion, the real problem is, big media such as New…

Trump’s Latin American Policies Go South

With the Trump imperium passing the half-year mark, the posture of the US empire is ever clearer. Whether animated by “America First” or globalism, the objective remains “full spectrum dominance.” And now with the neocon capture of the Democrats, there…

The Universal Pain of Grief

From Gaza’s Genocide to Camp Mystic Floods By Philip Tottenham The day was July 4th, 2025 – the 249th anniversary of “American Independence”. It was to be my last day in New York City after completing a  40-day Fast for…

Mexico’s president defends air cargo relocation, dismisses possible U.S. sanctions

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday defended her government’s decision to relocate air cargo operations from Mexico City International Airport (AICM) to the newer Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA), rejecting U.S. accusations that the move violated a bilateral aviation agreement.…

From Personal Development to Human Development

At the third assembly of the World Humanist Forum on July 19, Antonio Carvallo proposed the creation of a new working table on the theme of Personal Development. During his presentation, a spark caught my attention. He remarked that, for over…

False Hope and Small Change (How Donald Trump and Barack Obama Are Two Sides of the Same Criminal Coin)

The Epstein Files and Russiagate The rest of the second half of July’s Western mainstream news cycle will, understandably, be dominated by details relating to Donald Trump’s attempt to suppress information related to the “Epstein Files”. A story that will…

It’s The Hegemony, Stupid!

Francis Fukuyama’s Fever Dream A little over thirty years ago a neoconservative American Political Scientist named Francis Fukuyama declared, without irony, that history had come to an end.(1) He meant it figuratively of course, but he also wasn’t kidding around.…

I Went to See Superman As an Escape from Reality – Reality Was Still There

I am not going to pretend I know exactly what Director James Gunn’s intentions were with his recent adaptation of Superman, which was released in theaters last week. But I didn’t need the 72 feet wide and 50 feet tall…

Trump’s “Major Statement” On Russia Is A Clumsy Attempt To Thread The Needle

His threatened secondary sanctions could majorly backfire by harming the US’ own interests. The “major statement” on Russia that Trump earlier hyped up turned out to be a clumsy attempt to thread the needle between radically escalating US involvement in the Ukrainian Conflict and walking…

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