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Pulling back the curtain on Opus Dei
It didn't take long for me to realise that Opus Dei’s public façade - that it was completely transparent and had nothing to hide - was a false one.
‘Change is happening, it’s just painfully slow’
“Climate is our biggest war” says Ana Toni, chief executive of COP30. Hopes are high. Expectations are low.
Overpopulation: The Global Challenge and Its Far-reaching Impacts
Overpopulation exerts pressure on the environment, exacerbating the depletion of natural resources, and contributing to ecological degradation.
What Desperate Regimes Do Before They Fall
Trump is already telling us he’s going to try to steal the 2026 election, and the fact that he’s saying it now, months in advance, is the whole tell.
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Trump: when will the GOP Senate allow 67 ousting votes?
Both parties failed to take Trump out of office after he instigated a coup attempt on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) possible?
The central estimate on the prediction market Metaculus for the arrival of a basic form of AGI is currently 2026, just three years away.
On Shooting People on Fifth Avenue
Trump and his appointees and acolytes have voiced an untold number of insults and threats against rivals and opponents.
New paper defends a pragmatic definition of overpopulation
Distinguishing ecologically sustainable from excessive human populations is necessary to understand humanity’s environmental challenges.
How the undemocratic activities of the Catholic Church silences critics
The fear felt by many American politicians aware of the undemocratic activities of the church has resulted in their silence.
How far the Vatican is willing to go to ensure its survival
It is survival of the Catholic institution and Papal power that is the issue, not the "lives of the unborn" or anything else.
HOW FAR IS THE VATICAN WILLING TO GO TO ENSURE ITS SURVIVAL?










































































