BOOKS: The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men | Mickey Z. interviews Robert Jensen

By Ryan McGuire. gratisography.com Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 10, 2017 “It seemed that there was a need for a book that laid out the problem of patriarchy in plain language.” (Robert Jensen) ...

How Not To Write Like An Archdruid | John Michael Greer

From apastyle.org Jan. 4, 2017 (Archdruid Report) -- Among the occasional amusements I get from writing these weekly essays are earnest comments from people who want to correct my writing style. I fi ...

New Study 'Sounds Alarm' on Another Climate Feedback Loop | Andrea Germanos

Arctic Tundra. (Photo: USFWS) "What we know from this study is that warming will result in the loss of stored carbon in a wide variety of ecosystems -- and that has potentially harmful effects in ter ...

The Case Against Reality | Amanda Gefter

Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman explains why human perceptions of an independent reality are all illusions. A professor of cognitive science argues that the world is nothing like the one we experi ...

Fraction Magic -- Part 1: Votes Are Being Counted As Fractions Instead Of Whole Numbers | Bev Harris

Bev Harris -- BlackBoxVoting.org May 12, 2016 SUMMARY This report summarizes the results of our review of the GEMS election management system, which counts approximately 25 percent of all votes in th ...

Education’s Challenge: Don’t Play It Again Sam! | Emanuele Corso

Heron. Nimbus Park, Oregon. By Keith Todd. Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Nov. 4, 2016 First a bit of history. I wrote this essay in 1971 when I was at the time finishing ...

The Beginning And The End | Emanuele Corso

Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Oct. 27, 2016 My first day teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was an eye-opener. Following my PhD, I was asked to stay and teach in the Department of E ...

Being the smartest kid in your class can be a problem | Mickey Z.

Louis Sergent, 16, Lejunior, Kentucky. Sept. 13, 1946. Russell Lee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 26, 2016 In the third grade, our teacher asked us what we ...

The Importance of Public Education | Emanuele Corso

Photo by Michael Kordahi. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Sept. 28, 2016 "Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.” So said Aristotle and likewise a number o ...

It’s About Groceries | Emanuele Corso

Groceries. Credit: meaduva. Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Sept. 21, 2016 It seems at times that the world is what it must be like for a fly climbing a window pane. You can ...

BOOKS: It Can’t Happen Here | Emanuele Corso

Book Review -- “It Can’t Happen Here” -- Sinclair Lewis Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust Aug. 17, 2016 Yes it can happen here, and some would say it’s already happening. Written in 1935, Sinclair L ...