Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Western officials and media pundits are now directly acknowledging that Ukraine’s much-touted “spring counteroffensive” has been a catastrophic failure, but rather than seeing this as a reason to reconsider the mainstream political consensus on this war, they are…

Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Okinawa governor Denny Tamaki has implored the UN for international backing in his opposition to the prefecture being overrun with US military bases. The Japan Times reports: “I am here today to ask the world to witness the…

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): “War is good for business.” So reads a quote from an arms industry executive in a recent Reuters article titled “At London arms fair, global war fears are good for business” about Europe’s biggest arms show, the biennial…

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): During a Sunday appearance on Face the Nation to plug his new Zelensky movie, actor Sean Penn decried the “cowardice” of the US government in its caution around provoking a nuclear exchange with its proxy warfare in Ukraine. …

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): A very confused and distressed young man wandered into our home on Sunday and began acting erratically. He was clearly suffering from a severe mental illness, probably schizophrenia, and from his nice clothes yet disheveled appearance I’m guessing…

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): It’s so hard to live as an authentic human being in a civilization whose every molecule is wrapped around something as vapid and soulless as corporate profit. It’s what most of us pour most of our life force…

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): We must never let ourselves become desensitized to this. To any part of this. We must never cease appreciating the sun on our skin and the wind in our hair, and we must never cease being shocked by…

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The Twitter account of America’s 44th president just casually shared some links to organizations providing relief to the victims of the terrible flooding in Libya, which as of this writing has already killed thousands of people. And that…

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Crazy, unrealistic people believe all our systems are rigged for the benefit of the rich and powerful. Rational, realistic people believe all our systems happen to benefit the rich and powerful by pure coincidence. Crazy, unrealistic people believe…