Editorial - The HighWire

FLYING BLIND: FCC Still Uses Over 30-Year-Old Exposure Safety Limits to Greenlight 6G Radiation

Updated 11:58 AM EDT, Tue March 24, 2026

The failed story of safety science surrounding human radiofrequency radiation (RFR) [think cell phones, Wi-Fi, and smart meters] exposure limits allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) goes like this: “In the late 1990s, the FCC and ICNIRP adopted radiofrequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits to protect the public and workers from adverse effects of RFR.…Continue reading FLYING BLIND: FCC Still Uses Over 30-Year-Old Exposure Safety Limits to Greenlight 6G Radiation

Phantom Army: War Without Hesitation

Updated 10:29 AM EDT, Tue March 24, 2026

When Foundation CEO Mike LeBlanc made the rounds last month pitching autonomous combat drones, he led with the argument that tends to land best in polite company: these machines will save American lives. Pilots won’t be shot down. Soldiers won’t bleed out in forward positions. The robots go to battle, and the humans come home.…Continue reading Phantom Army: War Without Hesitation

Unproven in the Field: Terrana’s RNA “Plant Vaccines” Deserve Serious Scrutiny

Updated 9:48 AM EDT, Mon March 23, 2026

World Economic Forum contributor Noubar Afeyan, the billionaire who co-founded Moderna, has launched a company that plans to use “the language of nature to give plants new instructions.” Called Terrana Biosciences, the company will manipulate the vast ecosystem of self-replicating RNAs from across the plant world, rewriting them with unique instructions to make any desired…Continue reading Unproven in the Field: Terrana’s RNA “Plant Vaccines” Deserve Serious Scrutiny

Monsanto contacting the journalists, activists it tracked on ‘watch lists’ in 7 countries

News broke in May when French media outlet “Le Monde” reported that they had access to a document drawn up at the end of 2016 by a lobbying firm for Monsanto. Le Monde writes: “Two hundred names. Political leaders and officials, journalists, leaders of professional organizations and public organizations, and even scientists. Line after line, their identities…Continue reading Monsanto contacting the journalists, activists it tracked on ‘watch lists’ in 7 countries

Updated 9:53 AM EDT, Wed June 19, 2019

NY LAWYER: ‘You don’t change people’s religious beliefs by passing a law’

New York state’s law ending religious exemptions from vaccines will have a profound effect in Rockland, where the county’s battle to contain a historic measles outbreak has been met by court challenges and stubborn pockets of resistance. Michael Sussman, a civil rights lawyer who successfully sued the county on behalf of parents of unvaccinated children with religious exemptions at…Continue reading NY LAWYER: ‘You don’t change people’s religious beliefs by passing a law’

Updated 6:58 AM EDT, Tue June 18, 2019

Is the CDC Foundation Directing Mailchimp’s Vaccine Censorship?

By Jefferey Jaxen On June 7 Mailchimp announced it had already shut down a number of accounts for “anti-vaccination content.” Mailchimp also announced it was adding the ‘anti-vaccination’ category to its routine searches for prohibited content. Nowhere on Mailchimp’s website did it elaborate what constituted ‘anti-vaccination’ content. Reporting on the move, CNBC writes “The company…Continue reading Is the CDC Foundation Directing Mailchimp’s Vaccine Censorship?

Updated 5:27 PM EDT, Sun June 16, 2019

New York Becomes 6th State To End Religious Exemptions For Vaccination

New York has voted to eliminate its religious exemptions to vaccination. The Democrat-led Assembly and Senate both approved the measure Thursday in the face of hundreds of protestors opposing the bill. Religious exemptions are still offered in 46 other states. The states that do not allow exemptions on religious grounds include California, Arizona, West Virginia…Continue reading New York Becomes 6th State To End Religious Exemptions For Vaccination

Updated 8:27 AM EDT, Fri June 14, 2019

Johnson & Johnson’s role in opioid crisis may be worse than Purdue’s

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter filed suit in 2017, alleging several drug companies created a “public nuisance” through deceptive marketing that encouraged over-prescription and an oversupply of opioid-laced medications which created an epidemic of abuse. Hunter has said that Johnson and Johnson has acted like a “drug kingpin.” Purdue Pharma, the company behind the painkiller…Continue reading Johnson & Johnson’s role in opioid crisis may be worse than Purdue’s

Updated 11:49 AM EDT, Tue June 11, 2019

STUDY: 82% of Whooping Cough Cases Occur in Vaccinated

CNN is reporting: Conducted by scientists at the Vaccine Study Center, the research looked at nearly half a million children born between 1999 and 2016, and found that most whooping cough cases — 82% — occurred in children who were fully vaccinated or over-vaccinated. “The bigger picture is that we’ve had several outbreaks of pertussis…Continue reading STUDY: 82% of Whooping Cough Cases Occur in Vaccinated

Updated 4:09 AM EDT, Mon June 10, 2019