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… [Read more...]Can we trust science?
According to Aeon, scientists seeking demigod status fly too close to the sun with their claims. There’s also the increase of retractions which can leave an entire scientific community frightened of the resulting stigma. These retractions are fascinating when they hit the mainstream – the infamous 1998 paper in The Lancet by the British researcher Andrew Wakefield and others that linked autism and vaccines, influenced many thousands of parents … [Read more...]
Is it possible to change the health care system of the U.S.?
To change the health care system of the U.S. will take a philosophical shift in understanding what healing is all about. The medical system’s mission is to help people be healthy, yet the modern medical system knows nothing about delivering health. That’s why the United States, the richest and most prosperous nation on the earth, is one of the unhealthiest countries on the planet. Read more at … [Read more...]
Is this the American Dream, to fill the coffers of our armament industry instead of the stomachs of our children?
Thomas Paine was, according to the Huffington Post - the one truly radical Founding Father, fighting for the soul of America. He fought to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. He also believed that despots seek out wars as a way of controlling their own people. Fast forward to 2015 and we have 2 million American children homeless and 15 million hungry. Is this the American Dream, to fill the coffers of … [Read more...]
“First Do No Harm”
Joseph Bobrow writing for The Huffington Post discusses the USA’s troubled foreign policy and suggests a strategy which exemplifies what both Western medicine and Buddhism hold critical: "First Do No Harm". Where there is disorder - Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Libya - collaborate with regional forces to contain it. Where there is imposed order – Egypt and Algeria - work quietly with the government to try to make that order more decent. Where there … [Read more...]
Joint Announcement On Climate Change Is The Most Important Advance For Years
According to The A-list, the recent US-China joint announcement on climate change and energy is the most important advance for many years. China has agreed a clear target to reach a peak of CO2 emissions no later than 2030, with the intention of trying to peak earlier than 2030. The US’s failure to act decisively on its own emissions for two decades has long been defended by the Senate on the basis that the US should act only if China does as … [Read more...]
US & UK Giving Tax Breaks To Explore New Reserves
The guardian reports that rich countries are subsidising oil, gas and coal companies by about $88bn a year to explore for new reserves, despite evidence that most fossil fuels must be left in the ground if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change. The most detailed breakdown yet of global fossil fuel subsidies has found that the US government provided companies with $5.2bn for fossil fuel exploration in 2013. Most of the support was in the … [Read more...]
Should Torture Report Be Released?
Twelve Nobel peace prize winners have urged President Barack Obama to release a damning report by the US Senate into the use of torture in the early years of the War on Terror. In an open letter, the laureates demand “full disclosure” of the extent of American use of torture and warn the practice set an example to the world that has “made us all vulnerable”, not least American soldiers. Do you think they are right to want the report … [Read more...]
Under Threat UK ‘Eco-Home’ Given The Green Light
An ‘eco-home’ which has been built from old tires in a field in Devon in the UK without planning permission can remain because of controversial new planning rules. The couple spent five years sleeping in tents and living off the land while they constructed a one bedroom eco-cabin from wooden crates and lorry tires and were going to have to tear it down but in a landmark ruling planners have praised their “passion” and “commitment” to sustainable … [Read more...]
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