Sharing is a huge problem when it comes to disinformation. That saying “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth can get its pants on,” is particularly true when it comes to disinformation online
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An ill-defined foreign policy, an impetuous and irascible character and a strong nationalist agenda mark the presidency of Donald Trump. The decisions taken by his…
View More Thoughts on the Current State of AmericaDefenders of Donald Trump say his “shithole countries” remark regarding people from Africa, Haiti and other nations was just Trump being Trump — the president…
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View More Amerika: Amnesty for a Convicted Felon, 800,000 Young People Summarily CondemnedAt the psychological heart of every liberal is a milk soft tendency to succumb to the authoritarian personality, a feeling that, just around the corner,…
View More Joining the War Train: Trump’s Liberal CheerleadersRecently all 10 of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) submitted their resignations to President Trump. The main reason: Trump’s policies have…
View More America at a Crossroads: Land of Hope or Fear?I believe it is fair to say that since 9-11, Islamophobia has been on the rise in North America. With the rise of ISIL and…
View More Trump and the Rise of IslamophobiaIt was a moment of delightful reflection. The indecently smug politicians of a distant island continent, wealthy, cruel in refugee policy and lazy in development,…
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Soon to be former US President Barack Obama once famously said with respect to foreign policy “don’t do stupid shit (or” stuff” depending on your…
View More How Not to Win The “War on Terror”It would give me great pleasure to write with confidence that the ‘Lizard of Oz’ has lost his touch — that the politics of fear,…
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