The task of exposing the stark truth has always belonged to the independent journalist. With his new book Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, Jeremy Scahill renews this tradition by bringing the last decade of clandestine war making by the American government into the clearest possible focus. I use the ... … Read entire article »

“At the morgue, the entrance was sealed shut with a lock and chain. Attendants with green mortuary masks moved around in a dumb show, their words inaudible, or typed out forms on grim civil-service type-writers. Behind them, in a refrigerator, lay the sixties.” — Pete Hamill, New York Magazine, “John ... … Read entire article »

[Editor's Note by Ken Adachi: This book is an amazing read. I have Steve Campbell to thank for mentioning it in a recent email... You will find this book difficult to put down once you begin reading it as it is so dead-on-target in describing the centuries-old machinations and skullduggery ... … Read entire article »

The state – the organization of the political means – is the institution that allows an idle, unproductive class of parasites to live at the expense of ordinary, working people, whose means are industrious activity and consensual exchange in the marketplace. We ought not assume, however, that the indigent segment ... … Read entire article »

Nightmares, out-of-control aggressive behavior, extreme sadness and passivity, confusion, hallucinations, mania, brain damage, suicide, homicide—these are just a few central effects of psychiatric drugs. Read the staggering statistics reported by Robert Whitaker, the author of Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill: “The ... … Read entire article »

In these tormented times, everything I relied upon is collapsing — systems, family, gains, achievements, moral values, beliefs, etc. — and nothing is left to hold on to. The very pillars of society are crumbling a bit more every day, as one truth after another is being unveiled. And it ... … Read entire article »

[SOTT Editor's Note: With the truly alarming increase in the number of meteorites/cometary fragments entering our atmosphere over the past 10 years, and the startling meteorite detonation over Russia this morning, it is long past time that every single person on this planet informed themselves about the clear and present ... … Read entire article »

There’s a secret that’s much bigger than politics, health freedom, science or even the entire history of the human race. That secret remains entirely unacknowledged — even condemned — by the scientific community, and yet it is the single most important secret about everything that is. Yes, everything. That secret is ... … Read entire article »

Right now, the collective consciousness (or planetary consciousness) is awakening and the more I awaken to the reality of who I really am, the more I see things differently. I start seeing the truth behind the lies. The black sheep[1] within me then awakes and wants to rebel. That’s what happened ... … Read entire article »

It takes a shockingly long time for the masses of people to pick up on new realities. This is especially true if the new realities reverse very old trends that have burrowed certain false assumptions in our minds. As examples, most people even today assume that you should: get as much formal ... … Read entire article »

Exclusive! Published by permission. Since the late nineteenth century, science has dominated and transformed the earth. It has touched everyone’s lives through technology and modern medicine. Its intellectual prestige is almost unchallenged. Its influence is greater than that of any other system of thought in all of human history. Although most ... … Read entire article »

Pham To looked great for 78 years old. (At least, that’s about how old he thought he was.) His hair was thin, gray, and receding at the temples, but his eyes were lively and his physique robust — all the more remarkable given what he had lived through. I listened ... … Read entire article »

I. The 21st Century School: Idiots Development Center A typical classroom. Would you really learn physics if you were sitting in this classroom? Surely with a lot of difficulty! Piled up one on top of another, these students are expected to pass a difficult final exam at the end of the year. ... … Read entire article »

People often ask me what books they ought to read in order to get quickly up to speed on economics, politics, and history. Here are some suggestions. If you’re like me, you are annoyed by books that teach you three new things. My time is limited. I like books that are ... … Read entire article »

Today, Americans are debating, marveling and despairing at Washington’s latest military action – or inaction – abroad. We obsess over the latest White House, CIA or Pentagon cover-up, study and deplore the latest intervention gone wrong. We wonder why it can’t be different. We wonder why the system doesn’t seem to ... … Read entire article »

Libertarian Anarchy would have delighted Murray Rothbard. In this book, a distinguished Irish philosopher defends forcefully and eloquently Rothbardian anarchism. Like Rothbard, Casey considers the state a criminal organization, one that by its nature violates essential human rights. To those who say that whatever its failings, the state is nevertheless ... … Read entire article »