There are currently 59 wars ongoing in the world. The warmongers, statists, and shills for the military-industrial complex, and here, the corporate media talking heads, should be pleased. That’s the most since WWII. It’s only slightly fewer than the 61 conflicts recorded across 36 countries last year, according to PRIO’s Conflict Trends: A Global Overview…

Here’s a startling statistic you should know: In one study, 92.6% of patients with chronic low back pain who were given minerals to increase their alkalinity experienced pain relief. I don’t know of any drug that can do that — at least not without side effects or threat of addiction. After 4 weeks of supplementing…

Do you know what choline is? Choline is an essential nutrient (meaning you cannot live without it) that is necessary for building cell membranes, and that plays an integral role in muscle movement, sleep, memory, absorption of fat, transmission of nerve signals and learning. This nutrient is also important in reducing chronic inflammation. The body…

Gun control, red flag laws, and all manner of denying the right to self-defense are not to be taken lightly by the liberty-minded. It has to do with the basic survival of human freedom. Americans should protect their private guns and keep them private. This is the first law of survival against the organized crime…

The American public clearly does not understand the relationship between democracy and “money,” or what passes for money. In the same way that fiat, paper money passes for genuine wealth and value, democracy passes for the original and best form of American government. The two — democracy and fiat paper — are intrinsically connected. Democracy…

What do astronauts, you and I have in common? A loss of muscle strength and mass. Sarcopenia, the cause of muscle loss that most of us earthbound folks experience, is a natural occurrence that starts as early as your 30s and proceeds apace into your 50s and 60s. Your strength depends on the size of…

There are a lot of issues making headlines these days as the corporate media and the global powers work to keep you distracted. So I want to caution you to remain vigilant. The media try to convince you these items are important: Donald Trump’s executive orders, celebrity trials, oil prices, arguments over whether to “cut”…

Anti-gun groups always point to high-profile murders (often called “mass shootings” even when they are not) as a reason to limit gun rights in the U.S. But if they were really interested in curbing firearm-related deaths, they should focus on suicide prevention. The overall number of people killed by firearms hasn’t increased in more than…

If the upcoming holiday season fills you with hard-to-overcome stress, the alternative health answer to letting go may be acupuncture. Acupuncture, one of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) modalities, is an ancient system of medicine in which fine needles are used by licensed practitioners to pierce the skin on specific points to a depth of…

Do you know what a mugwump is? The New York Sun’s editor, Charles Anderson Dana, first referred to them as such, citing their fence sitting between political parties: “Their mug sat on one side of the fence and their wump on the other.” The mugwumps were those who left the Republican Party in favor of…