‘Government is the problem’ ideology has permeated America, and most have no idea how to affect change — There is a litany of reasons there’s been a slow degradation of life for ordinary people in the US. The emphasis on the Wild West individualism and competition, the nature of corporations and capitalism to grow and eat everything in their path — even the foundation they’re sitting on, the…

An attempt to capture what it means to have the opportunity to live in one of the world’s most awe-inspiring cities — Anthony Bourdain had an uncanny ability to portray the essence of a place. His introductory monologues were so freaking inspiring and something I’ll forever attempt to emulate. How the hell can you capture the energy of a city in words? They’re such unique, ever-changing, and living expressions of society, culture…

Some thoughts on the upcoming completion of my eighth year without meat and my fifth year vegan — Veganism has come so far the paradigm has completely shifted. When my mom was plant-based well over a decade ago, it was difficult to find a vegan option; these days, they’re almost impossible to avoid. Every company is getting on board, most cynically but some for the right reasons. For…

Navigating divided, rural America and a case study in media manipulation — It had been three years. Three years since I’d stood on the shores of Lake Superior, staring at the ruler-straight, blue horizon in the distance, feet on round smooth stones, numbing in the clear water. …

No surprise: everything we’ve been told about our economic system is a lie — someone tell Steven Pinker and Bill Gates — “Evidence is always partial. Facts are not truth, though they are part of it — information is not knowledge. And history is not the past — it is the method we have evolved of organising our ignorance of the past. It’s the record of what’s left on the record. It’s…

Too often these days, the dystopian headline says it all — The hellscape that is working at an Amazon warehouse continues to get headlines but nowhere near enough condemnation from lawmakers or the media. They don’t use the proper language of blatant exploitation, breaking the law, political influence, outright corruption, oligarchy, or feudal inequality, and instead, Jeff Bezos still widely gets…

Yvon Chouinard got tons of glowing praise, but is there more to the story? — Last week, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard made headlines by transferring his company to a trust that will reportedly use the profits to fight climate change. Naturally, such a move got a lot of very positive coverage on social media and from places like the NY Times and the Guardian. …

Reason, values, free markets, and one million other myths that have become a weaponized ideology as America and Europe flounder — I’ve been thinking about doing a piece on what I see as the main right-wing misconceptions and myths surrounding the term: the West. And highlight the problems that arise from its over-use in today’s political discourse in American Christian nationalism, European nativism, and the perceived ‘civilizational battle’ being waged.

He perfectly predicted the last crash and is bracing himself for what’s coming — Michael Burry came to fame for his multi-billion-dollar bet against the US housing market in the mid-2000s. His background, reasoning, and interesting personality were chronicled in the Michael Lewis book The Big Short, which became a Hollywood feature and Christian freaking Bale played Burry. Many, including the investors who put…