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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
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For years, the only way to fight against the weedkiller Roundup has been in a courtroom. Individuals who asserted that their lives had been forever altered by cancer from the weedkiller sued its maker, Bayer, which purchased the chemical’s original manufacturer, Monsanto, by the tens of thousands. At times, juries agreed with the plaintiffs and…Continue reading Kennedy Is in the Room. But Whose Science Is on the Table?
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$53.5 billion. That is what twenty of the world’s largest grain, fertilizer, meat, and dairy companies paid their shareholders over 2021 and 2022. The United Nations estimates that it would cost about $51.5 billion to feed the 230 million most desperate, hungry people on earth. So a single slice of the food industry handed out…Continue reading $53.5 Billion: A Food System That Feeds Its Investors
With the Trump Administration nearing its halfway point this September, its Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) faction, which won him the election, has entered a new battle space. What once appeared to be a unified front now sees isolated warriors having to fully shoulder the ideals embodied just a short time ago by a unified…Continue reading The Red Flashing Warning Light Signaling MAHA’s Crossroads
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We humans have not always been afraid of the sun. For much of history, exposure to glorious sunlight was simply part of daily life. Farmers, sailors, laborers, and children spent hours outdoors under the open sky, unknowingly nourished by the sun. Nobody warned us on a screen that the sun was dangerous, and nobody tracked…Continue reading From Riviera Tan to Regulatory Limbo: How Sunscreen Became Big Pharma’s Favorite Cream
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Watching a loved one suffer from Alzheimer’s disease is a fate so heartbreaking that it is impossible to adequately express. For decades, the standard method of care has been to oversee cognitive decline while bracing for the inevitable. The disease is widely regarded as a one-way door, and the drugs to slow it down are…Continue reading Nature’s Reset: Light, Sound, & Mushrooms Challenge Alzheimer’s Inevitability
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In late April, President Trump appeared in the Oval Office press conference flanked by military veterans, HHS Secretary Kennedy, and podcaster/comedian Joe Rogan. An Executive Order announcement followed, stating: “Psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine compounds, show potential in clinical studies to address serious mental illnesses for patients whose conditions persist after completing standard therapy….It is…Continue reading FDA Embarks on Plant Medicine Journey For Mental Health, PTSD Solutions
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You toured the home. You loved it. You bought it. The neighborhood looked pristine, the sales agent was friendly, and nothing about the closing table suggested what was coming next. Then the first property tax bill arrived. Buried inside was a charge that had nothing to do with schools, county services, police, or fire protection.…Continue reading Built on Your Dime: The Special District Scheme Sweeping the Nation
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James Welsch teaches American politics at a high school in Maine. His classroom runs almost entirely on screens — students write blog posts, trade articles, pull up videos mid-discussion. A few years ago, he noticed something wrong with the writing. Essays submitted digitally had grown choppy. Whole passages looked copied. The fluency he expected wasn’t…Continue reading The $30 Billion Screen Experiment That Failed Our Children
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