A Saccharine Philippic
By Alex Constantine Saccharin (o-toluene sulfonamide), the artificial sweetener with an acrid after-taste, was discovered in 1897 after it dawned on indust
Court Rejects Trump-Era EPA Finding that Roundup Weed Killer is Safe
WASHINGTON (AP) - June 18, 2022 — A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Trump administration finding that the active ingredient in the weed kill
Illegal Herbicide Use on Monsanto GMOs Spurs Bitter Complaints
By Colin O’Neil, Agriculture Policy Director and Emily Cassidy, Research Analyst, Environmental Working Group Remember when we told you that some farmer
Acres of Skin — Human Experimentation at Holmesburg Prison
Book review by Anil Pundlik Gokhale Acres of Skin—Human experiments at Holmesburg Prison, A widely reviewed Book and a true story of abuse and exploi
Fox Analyst Pleads Guilty to Lies About CIA Past – Stands by Story
The frequent Fox News commentator accused of lying about a lengthy CIA career to dupe the U.S. government into giving him jobs admitted as part of a plea d
Armed Black Panthers Confront Armed White Militia on Streets of Dallas
Blacks in Dallas say ‘No’ to White militia’s armed protest outside Nation of Islam mosque APR 6, 2016 DALLAS—The chant of “Whose streets? Ou
Ex-Blackstone Equity Exec Accused of Stealing Millions from Investors
Private Equity Executive Accused of Faking Investments MARCH 28, 2016 A former executive with a large private equity firm has been arrested and charged wi
The Nazi Who Became a Mossad Hitman
March 27, 2016 On September 11, 1962, a German scientist vanished. The basic facts were simple: Heinz Krug had been at his office, and he never came home.
Inquisitr Report on The Weird Politics of Aspartame Conspiracy Theory or Startling Truth?
It's good to have the Inquisitr website around to confirm my own research on NutraSweet (I reported most of the facts discussed here 22 years ago, and tha
How Nazi Butcher Klaus Barbie Helped Kill Che Guevara and Unleash Global Cocaine Scourge
Instead of putting the SS monster on trial, the US recruited him as a spy – a move which backfired when he joined forces with South American drug lord
AlterNet, Tides/Pew and the Establishment Left (2002 Repost)
AC Note: AlterNet recently attempted discredit my examination of CIA ties to the death of Bob Marley, published in a book entitled "The Covert War Against
Koch Draws on Big Tobacco for New PR Hires
David Koch may once have called Koch Industries "the biggest company you've never heard of," but facing increasing scrutiny--as the Koch brothers’ plan t
Scaife’s Daughter Seeks to Invalidate Billionaire’s Will
When the late billionaire publisher Richard Mellon Scaife initialed his will, he was under the “undue influence” of attorney H. Yale Gutnick, according
Court Rejects Bid by Victims’ Families to Clear Lockerbie Bomber
Source: News 24, 2015-07-03 London - Judges at a Scottish court ruled that relatives of people killed in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jet over Lockerbie,
Fort Collins Vet Takes On VA Over Agent Orange Denials
UPDATE: The VA has announced Air Force reservists who became ill from Agent Orange exposure should be eligible for disability benefits. Wes Carter is acu
OUTLINE Age of Secrets
Published by Las Vegas Free Press, 2015 - hardcover Age of Secrets is a biography on former U.S. Senate Candidate, John H. Meier, who was intimately invo
Louisiana’s Racist Injustice Why the Angola 3 Spent Decades in Solitary Confinement
"... The American prison system has made the cruel and unusual something common. Of the 2.3 million incarcerated people in this country, around 80,000 are
The GlaxoSmithKline Corporate Rap Sheet Lethal Side Effects, Lawsuits, Marketing Controversies
London-based GlaxoSmithKline is the product of the 2000 merger of two drug giants: Glaxo—which had its origins in the infant formula business and then j
‘Merchants of Doubt’ is Revealing Documentary about Disinformation
"Merchants of Doubt" 3.5 stars Director: Robert Kenner Running time: 93 minutes Rating: PG-13 for language The lowdown: A documentary on how corporate fron
Koch Funding of Universities Shrouded in Secrecy
In a recent column entitled “The Campus Climate Crusade,” The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Strassel spent over 800 words arguing the basic conceit