Editorial - The HighWire

DARPA Breaks Wireless Power Record, Beaming Energy Over Five Miles Away

Updated 10:16 AM EDT, Thu July 10, 2025

Although it surely bypasses the objective behind the concept of wireless power transmission envisioned by Nikola Tesla, DARPA’s Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program recently set a new record for wireless power transmission, beaming more than 800 watts of power delivered during a 30-second transmission from a laser 5.3 miles away. The tests, which…Continue reading DARPA Breaks Wireless Power Record, Beaming Energy Over Five Miles Away

Unhealthy Food Marketing: The Intentional Targeting of Our Children

Updated 5:17 AM EDT, Tue July 8, 2025

Junk food companies—those that produce ultraprocessed meals and snacks full of toxins and lacking any nutritional value—bombard younger generations with carefully crafted, powerful advertisements promoting unhealthy, high-fat, high-sugar, and salty snacks and beverages. Research has shown that the marketing efforts of these companies lead to increased consumption of their destructive products. And now, a sweeping…Continue reading Unhealthy Food Marketing: The Intentional Targeting of Our Children

Legacy Media and the Death of Fake News

Updated 8:54 AM EDT, Thu July 3, 2025

In June 1941, the FCC allowed advertising on television. One month later, on July 1, the very first paid television advertisement aired on TV. The ad was for Bulova watches and appeared on New York station WNBT (subsequently WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. According to reports, Bulova…Continue reading Legacy Media and the Death of Fake News

Bayer says Monsanto likely kept files on influential people across all Europe

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer said on Monday its Monsanto unit, which is being investigated by French prosecutors for compiling files of influential people such as journalists in France, likely did the same across Europe, suggesting a potentially wider problem. French prosecutors said on Friday they had opened an inquiry after newspaper Le Monde filed a…Continue reading Bayer says Monsanto likely kept files on influential people across all Europe

Updated 10:35 AM EDT, Mon May 13, 2019

Roundup’s Final Countdown As Bayer Waits on Jury Decision

UPDATE 5/13: Jury says Bayer owes $2 billion in damages to couple with cancer caused by Roundup herbicide Reuters is reporting that Bayer has hired an external law firm to investigate French media evidence that Monsanto, the U.S. seed maker it took over last year, had compiled a file of influential personalities. Bayer’s move comes…Continue reading Roundup’s Final Countdown As Bayer Waits on Jury Decision

Updated 5:55 PM EDT, Sun May 12, 2019

“Monsanto File”: dozens of people classified illegally according to their position on the glyphosate

REUTERS UPDATE:PARIS (Reuters) – The French prosecutor on Friday said it had opened a preliminary investigation into a suspected file assembled by Bayer’s seed maker Monsanto to influence various personalities in France. The probe was opened after a complaint was filed by daily newspaper Le Monde. French media outlet “Le Monde” had access to a…Continue reading “Monsanto File”: dozens of people classified illegally according to their position on the glyphosate

Updated 7:45 AM EDT, Fri May 10, 2019

Senator Debates America’s Legislative Vaccine Push

Rather than repeat limited talking points, Oregon Senator Dennis Linthicum writes a refreshing article to debate issues surrounding America’s current legislative vaccine push. The article was the ‘Editor’s Pick’ for the local Oregon media outlet Herald and News. Senator Linthicum writes: “We have had 10 cases of measles this year, in a population of over…Continue reading Senator Debates America’s Legislative Vaccine Push

Updated 7:31 AM EDT, Fri May 10, 2019

CNN Angry Instagram Not Censoring More Vaccine Information

“New York (CNN Business)Two months after Facebook pledged to fight vaccine misinformation on its platforms, and in the midst of a measles outbreak in New York City, Instagram is still serving up posts from anti-vaccination accounts and anti-vaccination hashtags to anyone searching for the word “vaccines. “Instagram, which is owned by Facebook (FB), has said it’s working to reduce the distribution…Continue reading CNN Angry Instagram Not Censoring More Vaccine Information

Updated 8:37 AM EDT, Thu May 9, 2019

CA Officials Investigating Another Pediatrician Over Medical Exemptions

In 2015 Sacramento Senator and author of California’s Senate Bill 277 Richard Pan stated the following during testimony: “What the law clearly states is that the medical exemption is at the professional judgement of the physician. We took an amendment to absolutely clarify that point.“ BUSINESS INSIDER IS NOW REPORTING: “A subpoena by City Attorney…Continue reading CA Officials Investigating Another Pediatrician Over Medical Exemptions

Updated 7:10 AM EDT, Thu May 9, 2019