Despite many people fleeing US cities during the pandemic’s signature year, several metropolitan areas appear to be enjoying a revival. Statista estimated that 83.7% of the US population might live in urban communities by 2025, a percentage that could climb to 89.2% by 2050. In fact, the United Nations Population Division predicts seven out of […]

Flight delays and cancellations are taking place across America and the world, in the wake of a Microsoft Cloud outage that began yesterday, July 18. The global tech issue has reportedly impacted a number of major airline carriers and other businesses that rely on cloud storage. US cyber security company CrowdStrike – a client of […]

Is your employment fulfilling? Do you feel like you are contributing to society with your work? If you answered no, you’re not alone. A recent Gallup poll shows that employee engagement with jobs in the United States has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. What is causing this downward trend, and […]

It’s the day after the day after, and much of America is still reeling from a shocking debate performance by President Joe Biden. It was humiliating for him and an embarrassment for the nation. Anyone who has ever served as a leader in any capacity knows that at times like these, someone must step up […]

By Paul R. Brian Over 2.1 million Americans live in nursing homes or assisted care facilities, but many more still prefer to stay at home and be cared for by family members or hire in-home caregivers if necessary. In fact, around half of Americans over 85 live with family in multi-generational households or independently with […]

It’s official: The worst-run city for the second year in a row is none other than San Francisco. The city by the bay, long an inspiration for crooners and poets, has become a place where the heart may have been left, but the rest of the body is fleeing to places less littered with feces, […]

Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem (BioMADE), which has received more than $500 million in Department of Defense funding, recently announced it is soliciting proposals to develop “innovations in food production that reduce the CO2 footprint of food production at … DoD operational environments.” Translation: The Pentagon is funding research and development of novel cell-cultured fake […]

The just-published 2024 Reagan Institute Summer Survey, a significant barometer of American perspectives on US national security and foreign policy, has unveiled some unexpected findings. This research, widely respected for its insights, provides a snapshot of American opinions on US leadership, foreign policy, Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, China, and the value of alliances. Previous surveys, […]

Is social media adding to mental health issues among the young? Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy seems to think so. In fact, he feels so strongly, he’s asking for Congress to put a warning label on platforms. Social Media and the Mental Health Crisis Murthy wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, saying, “The […]

Iowa has become the latest state to signal hostility toward fake meat food products, imposing fines of up to $10,000 on manufacturers who mislabel protein-based products as meat. Other states, including Florida, have banned meat-simulating products outright rather than require labeling. Meats “cultured” from plant proteins in a laboratory are not available for sale on […]

Alcoholics Anonymous, get outta town. The city of San Francisco is offering free booze to the homeless with alcohol addiction. This is not a treatment and recovery program but a new pilot to keep the homeless off the streets while relieving the burdens on the city’s emergency services, according to officials. While it has had […]

The Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released a new report showing an alarming decline in birth rates in the US and globally. For America, the fertility rate dropped by 3% from 2022, a historic low, according to the organization. Worse, this is the second year in a row of decline […]

Life in the US has changed a lot in the last 50 years, and it seems for many, the American dream has lost its luster. A new survey by the Monmouth University Polling Institute found that more than three times as many Americans want to move to another country compared to half a century ago. […]

A recent study of Burmese pythons concludes that snake meat is more efficient to produce than traditional livestock, making it a viable protein alternative to cows or pigs. Given the primeval human aversion to snakes, this menu item may be a harder sell even than crickets or faux-meat nuggets. However, the omissions and biases inherent […]

Things are tough all over in New York, and a recent citizens survey describes just how dissatisfied residents are with their homes and neighborhoods. Between the soaring crime, soaring illegal immigration, infestation of rats, and astronomical cost of living, the Big Apple just doesn’t seem as appetizing as it once was. In fact, according to […]

The media are abuzz with billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he is raising gourmet beef from wagyu cows on his Hawaiian “ranch,” feeding them beer and macadamia nuts. This contrasts sharply with fellow billionaire farming-dabbler Bill Gates, who uses conventional chemical technologies and fancies himself the creator of a new synthetic factory meat. Pundits are […]

For the City by the Bay, 2023 was not a good year. Homelessness, crime, and illegal immigration have been hard on San Francisco. Now the city has set a new record – the most overdose deaths in San Francisco’s history. The Drug Overdose Threat From January 1 through November 30, San Francisco had 752 people […]

Globalists and corporate agri-businesses claim technological innovation is the path toward more eco-friendly farming practices, but is this a calculated misinformation campaign to preserve corporate turf? The high productivity of modern industrial farming has been accompanied by dramatic environmental damages for short-term profit that cannot be reversed using more of the same hubris. Monocultures dependent […]

A report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a shocking reminder that the problem of homelessness in America continues to grow. Discovering how many people live an itinerant lifestyle is particularly heartbreaking during the Christmas season when families typically gather at home. HUD estimated that 653,100 people are homeless in the […]

An ongoing kerfuffle over alleged Saudi water withdrawals from Arizona to grow alfalfa highlights the complexity of competition for increasingly scarce – and thus valuable – water for crops and residential uses. Revelations about gargantuan volumes of water withdrawn at little cost by a Saudi company to grow hay for export have sparked a passionate […]

As Americans wrangle over open southern borders swamped with “undocumented” visitors, another border incursion has quietly involved feral pigs. The problem of this destructive invasive species has long been witnessed in the American South, but the feral swine pressure is mounting at the northern border as Canadian “super-pigs” threaten US public health and agriculture. In […]

Just in time for one of the biggest holiday shopping days of the year, Amazon workers across Europe and the United States are striking. The “Make Amazon Pay” campaign has organized strikes for the past four years, but now officials with the GMB Union, a UK trade union that organized the protesters, said in a […]

Neuroscientists will tell you gratitude is a powerful emotion that positively affects one’s health. Studies have discovered a state of gratefulness can be linked to reduced pain symptoms, improved quality of sleep, and a dopamine boost. In other words, being thankful on Thanksgiving is downright good for you. PositivePsychology.com referenced a study in which “participants […]

One day has been set aside for counting the blessings this land has offered for centuries: Thanksgiving. And yet, Americans today seem to have lost their mojo. Grumblings include the excuses of war, political division, and recession. Where did we hide the joy? This country has been through hard knocks before, and still people managed […]