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Reflections on the psychological, moral and political implications of what we eat, and on prospects for non-violent social change. Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are. — Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste, Brillat-Savarin, Jean-Anthelme, (Penguin Books, 1994): p.13. Getting back into fasting after a break is difficult. In the […]

The sudden resolution of Hunter Biden’s legal problems with the sweetheart deal of sweetheart deals has angered many people, including Donald Trump. Tax evasion and lying on an official form when purchasing a firearm were the extent of his charges. He has been accused of other crimes too, on credible evidence from his own camera, […]

Cell phones have so many of us mesmerized.

This hour plus documentary was uploaded to YouTube on May 26 and has run up well over over three quarters of a million views. There have always been homeless people in Los Angeles from its earliest days, but nothing like this. Counting the homeless is difficult, and there is a wide variety of them. Predictably, […]

Could the cesspool on the West Coast turn into a new stronghold of conservative values and government? Could the pandemic of lawlessness and “Defund the Police” powerlessness lead to strong security and great law enforcement? These questions and others like them are gaining interest as California reels from one-party rule, with extremely liberal and elitist […]

Welfare agencies would go out of business if they ever eliminated the demand for welfare, so they allow social problems to grow, because that justifies bigger budgets for them. The only solution is to rigidly enforce laws that protect everyone from crime and disease to stop the problem.

We have to hand it to NORML (National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws) and the globalists, led by George Soros and others of his ilk. They have managed to make cannabis legal for medicinal purposes in 30 US states, and recreationally legal in eleven states plus the District of Columbia. Not only that, the cannabis lobby has also managed to virtually quash any attempts by the medical, psychological and religious communites, not to mention plain ordinary American moms and dads who simply don’t think it is right for people to use drugs, for fear of the safety of their children.

Drug manufacturers and pharmacies fueled America's opioid drug addiction problem by convincing doctors to prescribe 76-billion pain pills over the last eight years.

A study from decades ago showed that Americans averaged five close friends they could call on in an emergency, but now most Americans say the number is zero. This is a society of loneliness. The opposite of addiction is close connection with others.

People are spending less time outdoors and more time in front of gaming consoles these days. Most of these individuals can play video games without becoming obsessed with them, but others can’t be pried away from them. Well, in case you missed it, the World Health Organization (WHO) has classified “gaming disorder” as a mental health disorder, officially adding it to the 11th edition of its International Classification of Diseases (ICD) on June 18, 2018. Wait, what? [1]