Category: Governance

The Truth About Vaccines

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This week, I’m providing two separate reports of scientific evidence regarding vaccinations. Until recently, we enjoyed a life relatively free of diseases that, in history, perpetrated widespread disease and even death.  Social media enabled unscientifically supported rumors of negative effects of vaccines to spread.  As government officials without medical training began supporting those rumors, vaccinations became “optional” – so insurance didn’t pay for them. Many lower income people opted not to get vaccinated.  And once eliminated diseases, like measles, reappeared.  Comments afterwards.… Keep reading

No PFAS limits in food

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We should be able to depend our government for the protection of our health and safety.  Sadly, many scientists who evaluate the health of foods in the Food & Drug Administration have either left or their findings have been set aside.  The responsibility, more than ever, is on us.  Suggestions afterwards.

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US Food and Drug Administration

Rejects petition to set Pfas limits in food

Environmental protection agency and independent studies

have found food the biggest source of chemical exposure.… Keep reading

Spraying Roundup On Public Lands

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Here’s a “word of caution” if you’re planning to be on any public lands – national parks and forests.  If the land has been sprayed recently, you may be vulnerable to the carcinogenic problems caused by Roundup.  I’ll add D’s comments afterwards.

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Lawmakers Demand Answers After We Revealed Forest Service Spraying Roundup All Over Public Lands

“We are deeply concerned.”

Nate Halverson

Senior Reporter and Producer Bio

Mother Jones

June 9, 2026

Two members of Congress have sent a letter to US Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz calling on the agency to justify its actions following an investigation by Mother Jones that found glyphosate—the controversial key ingredient in the herbicide Roundup—was being sprayed in record amounts on public lands.… Keep reading

Hunger as a weapon of war

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In recent history, military typically fought military.  No longer.  Now, unarmed civilians in housing projects, in schools, in hospitals and even in food markets are becoming targets.  Perhaps killing from a distance, with drones, is less traumatic for soldiers than the more personal face-to-face version. 

Either way, now that a nation can simply buy drone weaponry, it seems that traditional boundaries are vanishing.  Living in fear is a long way from living a fulfilling life.  I’ve defined “Sustainable Living” as (1) living in harmony with Earth, and (2) enjoying as fulfilling a quality-of-life experience as possible.… Keep reading

A Recession is Potentially Coming

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I’m not big on “scare words”, because – like yelling “fire” in a theater – the announcement itself might end up being the cause of the damage.  However, if a real danger – a fire or an economic calamity – is about to happen, it gives us time to think, to plan, and to adjust.

In terms of “the economy,” I recall an old story about a Soviet May Day military parade in which Premier Khruschev asked his generals why ten civilians were walking in the midst of all their latest weaponry.… Keep reading