Spending time in nature has been clinically shown by a large body of evidence to be beneficial, even therapeutic – in many ways. Scientists in Japan researched the effect of spending time in nature on the body’s physical and psychological…

After the unexpected Brexit vote, the EU is shaken up and is scrambling to avoid the “spill-over effect” to prompt further defections. Berlin’s plan to use the EU for its own hegemonic purposes is being challenged. When Britain’s military, for…

“If something is wrong for you or me, it is also wrong for the cop, the soldier, the mayor, the governor, the general, the Fed chairman, the president. Theft does not become acceptable when they call it taxation, counterfeiting when…

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sometimes known as “the three amigos” met to discuss climate change and free trade between the three countries they represent. Two lavish dinners were opportunities…

Friday, July 22, 2016 was very hot. At 110 °F (43 °C) and with sustained winds of 15 miles per hour (24km/h) and gusting up to 25 miles per hour (40 km/h), conditions were very dangerous. About 2:10 pm a…

Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner says U.S. judges should stop studying the Constitution. “I see absolutely no value to a judge of spending decades, years, months, weeks, day, hours, minutes, or seconds studying the Constitution, the history of its enactment,…

“it is easier for us to find points of convergence with the Mexicans than Europeans. They are passionate and they know how we keep our word. [And they] Hardly betray” Sheikh Omar Mahmood, 52, ISIS trainer, who trains jihadists in…

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered police to escalate his war on illegal drugs. “Double your efforts. Triple them if need be,” he said. “We will not stop until the last drug lord, the last financier and the last pusher…

Nickelodeon, an American children’s channel owned by Viacom, made dubious history by airing the first animated cartoon show featuring a happily “married” same-gender couple in an episode called, “The Loud House.” Social media lit up with glowing reviews of the…

Hillary Clinton has chosen former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine for her vice-presidential running mate. Kaine is also a junior senator in the U.S. Congress, hoping to close the “God-gap” in the Democratic Party. In light of Donald Trump’s capture of…

“The border that separates Mexico from the United States is so full of free zones that I could come in with a group of men in a few hours and kill thousands of people in Texas or Arizona” Sheikh Omar…

“When I die I hope I’ll have a chance to hit God in the face. If there is a God he already knows about this and he’ll get away – and as an agnostic I probably won’t get the chance….