Perspectives on the Pandemic

On The Psychology Of The Conspiracy Denier

Tim Foyle Why is it that otherwise perfectly intelligent, thoughtful and rationally minded people baulk at the suggestion that sociopaths are conspiring to manipulate and deceive them? And why will they defend this ill-founded position with such vehemence? History catalogues the machinations of liars, thieves, bullies and narcissists and their devastating effects. In modern times …

The Mechanism of Invisible Empire

Hiroyuki Hamada When the whole society becomes a theater of absurdity, the puppeteers become kings and queens of insanity. The society loses its logic, history, facts, honesty, sincerity, creativity and imagination, as the monstrous imaginations of the deranged ruling class devour humanity and nature. The invisible cage of authoritarianism comes in the shape of a …

Covid Odyssey

John Griffin Who else senses the world shrinking around them? Was it only a year ago we could twirl a multi-hued globe and contemplate a trip to one of those inviting islets of colour? Now, such goals have become uncertain, hazardous, forbidden even. We are confined to our country, our state, our town, a backyard. …

WATCH: Perspectives on the Pandemic #8

In this "monopoly edition" of Perspectives, Matt Stoller, author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy, forecasts the actual amount of the Wall Street bailout; the coming disappearance of most small business; the problems that emerge when monopolies control health care; the emergence of a Wall Street-oriented "planned economy"; the failure of progressives to stop the theft of trillions, and much more.

WATCH: Perspectives on the Pandemic #7

Investigative journalist Sam Husseini has had a storied career asking world leaders questions they would prefer to dodge, on subjects ranging from missing weapons of mass destruction to very real nuclear stockpiles. Now he takes on the "elephant in the room": the extreme dangers posed by bio-research facilities not just in China, but all over the world...