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London Izabella-Ryén Gadd was just 12 years old when she died. She was a bright, empathetic, and deeply loved young girl who locked arms with her mom when they walked together and felt everything more deeply than most. Looking back at her life, it is clear that London was not a broken child. When she…Continue reading Not Broken, Betrayed: How the System Killed 12-Year-Old London Gadd
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Nobody in their right mind would seriously defend the puppy mill operations that exist in the United States. Yet, like so many other seemingly well-intentioned causes captured by the nonprofit industrial complex (which, let’s not forget, often profits from a problem rather than solving it), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…Continue reading The Puppy Mill Industrial Complex
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As of 2022, one in four emergency departments in the United States was staffed by a private equity-owned physician group. That figure is likely higher today, given the rapid pace of acquisitions since then. Here is an example. When ER physicians arrived for work at Valley Health in Winchester, VA, on April 2nd, they had…Continue reading The Private Equity Takeover of America’s Emergency Rooms
Pfizer is adding a new vaccine to its repertoire. The Big Pharma behemoth is preparing to bring a Lyme disease vaccine to market with its French partner, Valneva. The company recently announced the news, which comes at a time when public trust in pharmaceutical giants remains shaky, particularly following the contentious rollout of mRNA COVID…Continue reading Tick Tock: Inside Pfizer’s Bid to Vaccinate Against Lyme
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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
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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
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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
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Every era of technological progress is defined by the medium through which information travels. For decades, after advancing from copper wires and fiber-optic cables, the internet has depended on radio waves to communicate wirelessly. Wi-Fi routers, cellular networks, and satellites all operate on the same fundamental principle of transmitting data through the radio spectrum. This…Continue reading Beyond Wi-Fi: Will the Future of the Internet Be Light?
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California, known for its high-tech dominance—and now high-tech exodus—and Hollywood glitz, is also the nation’s agricultural powerhouse. The state supplies nearly half of the vegetables and more than 75 percent of the fruits, nuts, and wine consumed in the United States. It also leads the nation in dairy production, accounting for nearly 20 percent of…Continue reading PFAS in Produce: California Study Exposes the Gap Between MAHA Goals and Reality
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