Editorial - The HighWire

The UN’s “Non-Binding” Pandemic Declaration: Sequence In, Shot Out

Updated 2:36 PM EDT, Wed October 21, 2026

On October 12, with little to no media coverage, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response. The vote was 153 in favor and 3 against. The United States, Israel, and Argentina voted no, and New Zealand and Paraguay abstained. The scant headlines moved on within a day,…Continue reading The UN’s “Non-Binding” Pandemic Declaration: Sequence In, Shot Out

The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals

Updated 6:14 AM EDT, Tue October 20, 2026

Three mule deer wandered up to a brand-new bridge near Grass Lake, in the far north of California, and walked across it. The bridge was built just for them, and other animals, and a trail camera caught them taking advantage of it. Remarkably, the bridge was not even finished being built when they used it.…Continue reading The Kind of People Who Build Bridges for Animals

From Lockdowns to Large Language Models: How AI Became the Post-COVID Companion We Never Asked For

Updated 5:54 AM EDT, Mon October 19, 2026

The Trillion-Dollar AI Boom Built on a Generation Already Isolated by COVID The date was May 11, 2023, and the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency officially ended in the United States. An entire generation of children and adolescents had been artificially masked and forced onto devices for their education and socialization. Already struggling with mental…Continue reading From Lockdowns to Large Language Models: How AI Became the Post-COVID Companion We Never Asked For

They Buried it for COVID. Now They’re Doing It for Cancer

Cancer treatment in America runs on a simple, brutal economic model: the sicker we stay, the more money gets made. Chemotherapy drugs approved by the FDA in 2012 were priced at over $100,000 per patient per year—eleven out of twelve of them. Some immunotherapy treatments run $15,000 per dose. The cancer industry generates hundreds of…Continue reading They Buried it for COVID. Now They’re Doing It for Cancer

Updated 1:38 PM EDT, Wed May 13, 2026

Serve, Suffer, Submit Your DNA: How America Turned Its Veterans Into a Lifetime Experiment

For decades, as if there are no consequences beyond potential death or dismemberment on the battlefield, our service members are asked to put their bodies on the line. What they aren’t told—what the government has known and consistently failed to disclose—is that the enemy isn’t always on the other side of the battlefield. Sometimes the…Continue reading Serve, Suffer, Submit Your DNA: How America Turned Its Veterans Into a Lifetime Experiment

Updated 2:55 PM EDT, Mon May 11, 2026

No Warrant Required: Eyes Everywhere in Surveillance America

We are being watched. Most of us know it on some level, the way we sense a room has cameras before we spot them. What we tend to underestimate—badly—is just how many systems are running simultaneously, how much they already know, and how little any of it required our permission. A thread posted to X…Continue reading No Warrant Required: Eyes Everywhere in Surveillance America

Updated 12:44 PM EDT, Wed May 6, 2026

The Diagnosis That Was Designed to Kill Us

We check that little box on our driver’s license and feel good about ourselves. It’s a generous, selfless act—or so we’ve been told. One organ donor can save eight lives. The phrase is practically a bumper sticker at this point, landing exactly the way it was designed to: emotionally, efficiently, and without a single mention…Continue reading The Diagnosis That Was Designed to Kill Us

Updated 5:15 AM EDT, Tue May 5, 2026

They’re All Ears: Apple’s Plan to Read Your Mind

We’ve handed over our location, our browsing history, our voice, our face, and our purchasing habits. In exchange, we’ve gotten convenience. Now Apple wants the one thing each of us might have thought was still ours—the electrical activity of our brain. And this time, they’re not even asking. What are we talking about here? In…Continue reading They’re All Ears: Apple’s Plan to Read Your Mind

Updated 10:47 AM EDT, Wed April 29, 2026

Toxic by Design: America’s Agricultural Crisis and the Promising Homeopathic Solution

We are a nation soaked in poison. It is in our food, our water, our soil, our air, and, increasingly, in every part of our bodies. Toxic glyphosate—the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup—has been detected in breakfast cereals, oat-based baby foods, and even human breast milk. The chemical industry has spent decades telling us that…Continue reading Toxic by Design: America’s Agricultural Crisis and the Promising Homeopathic Solution

Updated 5:23 PM EDT, Mon April 27, 2026