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Francis Angevine

What Are the Priorities of the Healthcare Industry?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Introduction The pharmaceutical business model requires pharmaceuticals that are "effective" enough to somehow justify pushing them on patients but not effective enough to actually fix the issue the drug is prescribed for, thus requiring each patient to take the drug indefinitely. Furthermore, the larger the potential drug market

What They Don’t Want You to Know About Lab-Grown Meat

STORY AT-A-GLANCE While the fake meat industry is being touted as an environmentally friendly and sustainable way to feed the world, the true intent is to recreate the kind of global control that Monsanto and others achieved through patented GMO seed development. In the end, lab-created meats are worse for

Net Zero Green Taxes to Increase Grocery Prices by £4 Billion Per Year

Net zero taxes on groceries concocted by the Conservative Party will increase food bills for the British public by an estimated £4 billion per year, retailers have warned the government.

COP28: Climate Talks Should Ensure Fossil Fuel Phaseout

(Berlin) – Governments and advocates attending UN climate talks in Bonn from June 5 to 15, 2023 should push for rights-respecting and ambitious climate action, Human Rights Watch said today.

Merkley: I Can't Pass Debt Limit Bill to Avoid Default Due to Impact on 'Climate, Which Is the Biggest Issue Facing Humanity'

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen.

Male Loneliness: Finding Connection Through Psychedelics

Loneliness has long been a problem for many people, and while it affects both men and women, it seems that men are more affected by this issue.

Death’s Secretary Tries to Forget on Cape Cod

We have come to Cape Cod for a few days to forget the man-made world that is too much with us.

REVIEW: The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

In Martin Amis’ The Zone of Interest (2014), set in a Nazi death camp, the Commander, Paul Doll, has his wife, Hannah, and two daughters living with him in the “zone,” where the smell of rotting flesh from the mass graves functions as a persistent clue that things have gone

In the days before…

Photo by James Wheeler on Unsplash So we’re having a Dogwood Spring some would say here in this part of the world. Early in the morning the ground frosts the edges of leaves and the bright taste of the cool air catches at memories of times passed. Around us,

Caring for Veterans with Plant Medicines: Cannabis and Psychedelics

As we approach Memorial Day, it is essential to remember and honor our veterans who have served and sacrificed for our country.

Thailand: Lao Refugee Gunned Down

(New York) – Thai authorities should immediately and impartially investigate the killing of an exiled Lao political activist, Bounsuan Kitiyano, Human Rights Watch said today.

FDA approves first gene therapy ointment

Biotech companies are getting creative with how they deliver DNA fixes into people’s bodies. Last Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved sales of the first gene therapy that is an ointment directly applied to the body – as well as the first intended to be used on