The more chaotic the world becomes, the more stressed and anxious we become, as well. Insecurity about the future is causing trepidation, and the only thing that seems certain is that we cannot trust anyone and have no clue what…
Dr. Michael Laitman
To Change the World – Change Man
Why Have More Americans Stopped Looking for God?
Belief in God is a strong sign of the perseverance of American religiosity over the years. But a new study found that faith in God has plummeted to 81%, an unprecedented low since 2017 when that percentage was six points…
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Posted in America, Articles, News
Reopening Coal-fired Plants – When Hate Overpowers Common Sense
After decades of struggling to find climate-friendly alternatives to coal, Europe is forced to return to it after Russia cut its gas exports in retaliation for Europe’s sanctions against it. In a matter of weeks, years of work have been…
No Point in Having Economists without Accountability
An economist shared with me that there is a saying about economists, that they tell you tomorrow what happened yesterday. With the world drowning in a whirlpool of financial and economic crises, we need economists who can tell us…
Growing Up with Roe v. Wade
Being the child of two doctors, the dedicated kind, who bring their work home, and with my mother being a gynecologist, I often witnessed first hand the complexities that come with a decision to terminate a pregnancy. My mother, who…
What If We Got It All Wrong about the Climate?
What if we got it all wrong about the climate? What would we do if we learned that aerosols that pollute the air also cool it and mitigate the greenhouse effect? Also, what if we were told that volcanic eruptions…
The Global Turbulence of the Travel Industry
Remember the days when traveling was relaxing, exciting? Those memories have been challenged in recent weeks by the chaos experienced at airports around the world, particularly in North America and Europe. A surge of summer passengers, eager and waiting to…
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Posted in Articles, Coronavirus, Global Economy, News
Toward a Fiery Turmoil
Roe v. Wade is overturned and protests erupt, gun laws are revisited, war rages in Ukraine, Sri Lanka’s economy collapses, bank runs in China, escalating tensions between the US and China over Taiwan, an increasingly belligerent North Korea, and a…
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Posted in Articles, Global Economy, News, Ukraine
Of Pope Francis, and of World War III
Last week, a conversation with Pope Francis was published, in which he related to the Russia-Ukraine war as the start of World War III. In a conversation with the editors of European Jesuit publications, and which was first published by…
Why Does Violence Increase in Society?
Year after year, violence in society surges. American concern over crime and violence is at its highest level since 2016, with 53% of Americans worried “a great deal” about it, according to a recent Gallup poll. This makes it…
The Complexities of the Connection between Looks and Happiness
With teenagers and young adults spending much (too much) of their time on TikTok, Instagram, and other social media platforms, the flood of videos of attractive young people shapes their views on how they, too, must look. With their body…
He Who Starts a War – Loses
Speaking about the Russia-Ukraine war, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently told a German weekly newspaper, “We must prepare for the fact that it could take years.” As I have said several times, this war is not like any war…
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